Divorce Index

Find a specific page or step-by-step instructions within our divorce section.

Looking for copies of divorce papers? Contact the court where you or your spouse filed the case.

Divorce Basics

Case Introduction

Information Resources

• Date of separation
• Property and debts after a divorce
• Spousal support during or after a divorce
• Child support
• Child custody and parenting time
• Dismiss your divorce or legal separation

• Spousal support
• Request for order

Other processes

Summary Dissolution

• Start
• Fill out forms
• File

Legal separation and annulment

Phase 1: Start A Divorce

Petitioner

Alternative Service methods

• Serve by publication
• Serve by posting

Respondent

• Fill out forms
• File forms
• Serve papers

Phase 2: Financial Disclosures (both parties)

• Gather and share financial information
• File proof you shared financial information

Phase 3: Make Decisions (both parties)

• Inform yourself about rules and your rights
• Info: Common challenges when splitting debt
• Decide if you have the information you need
• Propose and negotiate divorce agreements
• Write out the agreement

More Complicated Possibilities