How to File for Divorce: Divorce Timeline- With Kids
Your Divorce Timeline - With Kids
Remember how easy it was to get married? Oh sure, maybe you had a big party and there were lots of details to work out. Maybe you had four guests, maybe you had four hundred. But remember the paperwork? You probably signed just one document: your marriage license.
Your divorce is more complicated than that.
But your divorce is not that complicated. Okay, so you have kids. There are a few extra steps you will have to take, and it will take a little longer, but there are still only 12 steps to get divorced. And you might not even need all of them!
You can always agree with the other party on some of the issues in your case, which will make it go more quickly.
Here's what you can expect.
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The judge signs an Interim Order
The other party is Served
The case manager holds a Case Manager's Conference
The judge holds a Status Conference
A Magistrate holds a Child Support Hearing
The Magistrate issues a Child Support Order
The judge holds a Temporary Hearing
The judge issues a Temporary Order
The judge holds a Final Hearing
The judge issues a Final Order
The Waiting Period (nisi) expires and the divorce is final