Choose the Right Time and Place : Find a private, quiet space where you can talk without interruptions. Be Honest but Compassionate : Clearly express your feelings and reasons for wanting a divorce. Prepare for Their Reaction : Understand that your spouse may react with shock, anger, sadness, or denial.
Check with the clerk of the court to confirm what's required, but in most courts you'll need to file a: Petition (Consent Judgment) Domestic violence screening form. Confidential Case Inventory (if you have any other pending or resolved family division cases), and a. Proposed Consent Judgment/Order.
All in person filers must go to the Wayne County Clerk, in Room 201 of the Coleman A. Young Municipal Center, located at Two Woodward Avenue, Detroit, 48226. It is important that all documents are complete at the time of submission.
Yes, you can file without your husband's knowledge and consent. You have a constitutional right to marry whomever you like, with some narrow exceptions (eg some minors, some people you are related to, same sex persons in some states, etc.). You have about the same right to divorce, pretty much at will.
“A complaint for divorce may be filed in the circuit court upon the allegation that there has been a breakdown of the marriage relationship to the extent that the objects of matrimony have been destroyed and there remains no reasonable likelihood that the marriage can be preserved.
A divorce case begins when the Plaintiff files a summons, a complaint, and other required papers with the court. You can prepare the forms you need with the Do-It-Yourself Divorce tool.
The Civil / Family Division Cash Office of the Wayne County Clerk’s Office is located at 2 Woodward Avenue, Room 201, of the Coleman A. Young Municipal Center in Detroit, MI.