Steps To Successfully Filing A Divorce Uncontested Georgia

By Melissa Olson


There comes a time in life where some people look to settle down and start a family. They like to do it in extravagant ways such as grand weddings among other things. It is too bad that not even the best of weddings can make a marriage last if it was never meant to and if they were not meant for each other. That is why the rate of divorce nowadays is so high because they dont want to give each other time to know ones character. Below is how to file for divorce uncontested Georgia.

Some marriages are both by license and by the ceremony. You need to confirm you are legally married. If for example, you signed the papers after the ceremony you will definitely need to file for a divorce. In order to file for a separation in Georgia, you need to have been a resident for at least six months. You will be required to prove it in court by using receipts, drivers license among other things.

The county you decide to file in is important. Most of the time you are required to file in the county of your spouses residence. This is only if you are both in the state of Georgia. If she, however, moves out of the state, you can proceed to file in your own county as it is not a necessity for her to be from the same county.

You should gather all the information you can for the petition. This part requires very specific information that you may not know where to start. Luckily, there is the legal aid of Georgia. They have made your work so much easier by drawing up a questionnaire that gets all the information needed. Parts that are not necessary can be crossed out.

Changing names is not a necessity in a marriage, but it is very common. During the separation, this is an issue that will come up. The spouse with the name of the other may decide to go back to their original last name. They may also choose the newly acquired name which they can only keep with the consent of their spouse.

As they say, separation is not cheap. You need a certain fee to file for it. The fee is usually around $200. There are fees for other procedures like document preparation. If your income rate is not that high, you may ask for a waiver or complete termination of the fee. The request may be either accepted or denied by the court.

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.

Afterwards, you are to head down to the court house to file the necessary papers. From there you will be assigned a court hearing date. After the hearing is done, you will get a copy of the separation papers for your own keeping and await finalization.




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