How To File For A Divorce Uncontested Georgia

By Melissa Olson


At some point, we all dream of falling in love, getting married and starting a family. However, no marriage is a bed of roses. It is little wonder that divorce is so common nowadays. It is almost as if people expect in to happen as they write up a prenup beforehand. The article gives several steps to divorce uncontested Georgia.

Many are times people live together before officiating anything. They may just introduce each other to the families and proceed to live as a married couple. Others hold a ceremony in the presence of a religious leader who blesses them. In such cases filing is unnecessary. If, however, legal papers were signed at any point, a divorce will be necessary.

It is required that you file the divorce in the county where your ex to be resides. This can only happen if you are in the same state. If your spouse, however, moves to another state, you can file the separation in your own county. It is not necessary that the other person is in the same county. It will, however, be safe to wait for about a month.

You need to gather information for your petition. Since there are a lot of things needed you may not know where to start. The legal aid of Georgia has come up with a questionnaire to enable you to provide with all the necessary details. This will save you a lot of time. You can always leave out the spaces where you have nothing to fill in.

In marriage, it is common for one of the spouses to take the name of the other. During the separation, you have to agree on whether a name change is necessary or not. They may decide to go back to their original last name, or they may choose to keep that of their current spouse depending on whether the spouse is comfortable or not.

You have to pay the fee for filing. It is approximately $200 in order to simply file for a separation. There are additional fees for things like document preparation. If you are low income, you may feel some papers for the fee to be reduced or waived. The court may accept or deny the request. If denied, the court will put a date on the calendar when they will listen to the case upon payment.

You need to prepare child specific document. You have to discuss how the parenting will work from then on. After you have both agreed you are required to sign and notarize all of the documents. This is usually done in the presence of the notary. This is usually done in blue ink as a symbol of originality of the signatures.

You need to go to court for filing. After that, you are given a court hearing date. After all the proceedings are done, and all is agreed upon, you get your set of the separation papers and wait for the finalization.




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