Florida Final Judgment of Dissolution of Marriage with Dependent or Minor Children

A final hearing typically occurs 3 months after the paperwork is filed, so the divorce process takes approximately 4 months to complete.

If you're successful in your divorce application, the Court will grant a divorce order at the hearing. After a further period of one month and one day following the hearing, this divorce order will then become permanent, and you'll be sent a certificate of divorce.

Final hearings don't take long. The entire process is usually over in less than 10 minutes. You will have to testify under oath that you or your spouse has been a Florida resident for at least six months prior to filing a petition for dissolution of marriage. A Florida driver's license can be used as proof.

The regular dissolution process begins with a petition for dissolution of marriage, filed with the circuit court in the county where you and your spouse last lived together or in a county where either party resides. Either spouse may file for a dissolution of marriage.

The divorce is not final until the Judgment is signed by the judge and it has been at least six months and one day since the petition was filed and served even in a default divorce. In a contested divorce, it often takes much longer and all contested issues are usually decided before the Judgment is issued.

In most states, "dissolution of marriage" is just another way of saying divorce, and it refers to the process by which a couple can end their marriage permanently.A no-fault divorce is easier and quicker to obtain than a "fault" divorce, but spouses may be required to live apart for a certain amount of time.