Notice Of Service Of Discovery In Divorce In Oakland
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You can file for uncontested divorce without having to make a court appearance if you meet the state requirements for divorce. If there are problems with your divorce settlement, the court may require a hearing to resolve any legal issues.
How to respond to a divorce Petition Fill out the Response form. Fill out the form called Response — Marriage/Domestic Partnership (form FL-120). Figure out if you need the court to decide something right away. Find out if you have any local forms to complete. Make copies of your forms.
After you serve these papers, you'll wait for a response from your spouse. They have 30 days to respond. If they don't respond you can still move forward with the divorce or legal separation. In the meantime, you'll need to complete information about your finances.
The papers will include a Summons, which is basically a legal notice informing you that there has been a divorce lawsuit filed against you. The papers will also include another important document called a Petition for Divorce, which is basically a request to the court to grant a divorce.
The next step is Discovery. In Michigan divorces, the courts require full disclosure of the parties' assets. Each party is required to disclose all of their assets, usually through Interrogatories (written questions) or Depositions (a meeting in which the attorneys can ask questions face to face).
Discovery is the method of obtaining, from the other party, all of the information you need to successfully present Page 3 your case to the court. It also provides your spouse an opportunity to obtain from you all of the information your spouse needs to present their case successfully to the court.