To get a copy of a divorce decree, contact the County Clerk. If the divorce was granted before January 1, 1963, the divorce decree is the only type of document available. Divorce Certificate. This document contains basic information about the spouses, and the date and place the marriage ended.
After you serve these papers, you'll wait for a response. They have 30 days from the date they signed the Notice to file a response. If they don't file a response, you can still move forward with the case.
Mail service is not valid for divorce summons in California, unless the other party is willing to sign a Notice and Acknowledgement of Receipt. Otherwise, service must be in person, and it cannot be by you, needs to be by a non-party. Someone (not you) just needs to hand him the papers.
Yes. You need your final divorce order. Each court is different. However, today, most judges simply sign them. The ``stamp'' will be the automatically-generated docket information appearing on each page when the court, your attorney, or even you, file something electronically in the court's record/docket.
Your divorce is final on the day the court signs the divorce decree. You normally will receive it a few days later, since it is sent to your attorney, who will then send you a copy.
Notice and Acknowledgment of Receipt (FL-117) Tell the court that your spouse or domestic partner agreed to (and received) by mail the legal papers to start your case.
The summons and complaint in the case are deemed “served” on the Defendant (i.e. the Defendant's 30-day clock to file an answer under CCP section 412.20 starts) on the date they put on the Acknowledgment. In addition to signing the Acknowledgment form, the Defendant also has to date their signature.
You typically have 30 days to respond to the request Once you've received (been served) the request, you have 30 or 35 days to respond, depending on how you received the request. In eviction cases (also known as unlawful detainer cases) you have 5 or 10 days to respond.
Generally, under California Code of Civil Procedure (CCP) § 1005(b), the response to an OSC must be filed and served at least 9 court days before the hearing date if the OSC was served by personal delivery, or at least 14 calendar days before the hearing if the OSC was served by mail within California.