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1. The requester is the one who begins the divorce petition. You must fill out the following forms: -Marriage Petition: Used to provide the court with some essential facts about you, your spouse and your marriage. This form can also be used to ask for some court orders. -Summons: Will hold a lot of crucial [...]

Mediation is where a neutral third party attempts to resolve disputes between various individuals. The neutral third party attempts to remain unbiased toward the parties so that a fair outcome can result. Mediation is voluntary and therefore the parties do not have to feel that they are at the mediation session against their will. Divorce [...]

Anything that you’ve owned before your marriage or registered domestic partnership is considered separate property. Also any gifts, inheritances that are given to one spouses or any rents/profits that you make on any of your separate property are also considered separate property. Anything you purchase with your separate property is also separate property even if it was [...]

To avoid the uncertainty of court rulings and if you are able to work with your spouse to come to an amiable agreement, then a collaborative divorce may be the divorce/legal separation option you might want. This divorce process involves negotiations between you and your spouse with the help of a professional as well as [...]

Parentage cases occur when there is a question about who the father of a child might be. These cases can also be called paternity cases. In most cases when the parents of a child are married at the time of birth, the courts will assume that the husband is the father. The same principal now [...]

To stop a divorce case after it’s been filed, you can file a Request for Dismissal to terminate your case IF you were the one to file the divorce. If you file this form but later decide to go ahead with the divorce you will be necessary for you to start the whole process again and file [...]

If you or your spouse or domestic partner has filed a petition and the other party has filed a response, you are involved in a contested case even if you agree on all your issues. This means that it will take both of you to complete the case and get a judgment. If you are [...]

A divorce (also called “dissolution of marriage” or “dissolution of domestic partnership”) ends your marriage or domestic partnership. After you get divorced, you will be single, and you can marry or become a domestic partner again. If you get divorced, you can ask the judge for orders like child support, spousal support, partner support, custody [...]