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What is a Default Divorce in California? If due diligence fails and the spouse successfully avoids the attempts to serve the papers, the process moves into a default divorce process.
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.
If there are no problems with your papers and your divorce is granted, the Judge will sign the Judgment and you will be contacted. Depending on the county where you filed your papers, the County Clerk's Office or the Supreme Court Office will contact you when the Judgment is signed and will tell you how to get it.
It usually takes one to two weeks. But if you're still in the 60-day waiting period, it could be one to two weeks after that time elapses. (In Arizona, courts must wait 60 days from when the Petition is served before they can officially divorce someone).
If you were personally served, you have 21 days after receiving the summons to file a written answer with the court. If you were served by mail or were served outside of this state, you have 28 days after receiving the summons to file a written answer with the court.
It is signed by the judge and filed with the County Clerk, usually in the County where the plaintiff resided. To get a copy of a divorce decree, contact the County Clerk.
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.
Check with Your Local Court: Divorce proceedings are a matter of public record. You can visit the family court in the county where you and your spouse reside or where you believe the divorce may have been filed. In many jurisdictions, you can search court records online through the court's official.
A decree of divorce can be issued no less than 60 days from the date of filing. However, most cases take longer.
Divorce papers cannot be emailed to you. You have to be formally served with them. someone has to find you and hand you over the papers. If you receive divorce papers via email, the service will be deemed defective by the court.