Once Discovery is complete, the next stage in the divorce process is to pursue settling your case. Most divorce cases get settled in mediation. Mediation involves taking your case to a neutral third-party professional who has no interest in the outcome.
Under Illinois Supreme Court Rule 201(k), the attorneys or litigants must resolve their discovery issues before bringing a motion to the court asking to compel responses to the discovery.
Also, an uncontested divorce does not require a trial, discovery, or other time consuming legal procedures. That means that legal fees will be much less expensive in an uncontested divorce than a contested divorce. Uncontested divorces are not appealable, but certain agreements may be modifiable.
If the other person does not respond, or their response is still incomplete, you can ask the court to order them to respond. You have 45 days from the service of the most recent responses to ask the court to make an order requiring an answer. If the response was served by mail, 5 extra days are added.