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Divorce rates may have been declining in recent years, but there are still more than half a million divorces every year in the U.S. An uncontested divorce is a divorce where both parties agree on everything (they reach a settlement) or one party files for divorce and the second never responds to the divorce filing nor appears in court. At least 90% of all divorces are uncontested, but many start out as contested and then the parties eventually reach an agreement. Here’s everything you need to know about uncontested divorces.
Uncontested divorce is the simplest and easiest way to get a divorce. However, it can be hard to predict in advance if a divorce will settle or one party will not respond, so you may not enter divorce proceedings really knowing if yours will be uncontested.
There are two pathways to an uncontested divorce.
The first is where the spouses agree on all the issues in the divorce, such as marital property, spousal support (formerly known as alimony), child custody and visitation, child support and the division of shared debt. The couple submits an agreement, settlement or stipulation to the court with everything they have agreed on.
The second situation is where one spouse files for divorce and asks for specific things (such as child custody or ownership of the home) and the second spouse never responds to the divorce papers and does not appear in court. The case then proceeds without them and the court decides whether the filing spouse is entitled to what they have asked for, without input from the second spouse.
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