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Posted on 8/9/14 at 2:12 pm
Posted on 8/9/14 at 2:12 pm
Sounds like you're stuck with her for awhile.
Worst states to get divorced
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Arkansas - Their filing fee of $165 is affordable, but it has a minimum processing time of 540 days (the longest in the country). There is also a mandatory 18-month period of separation, and any co-habitation during that period will reset the clock.
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South Carolina - They require a minimum separation of one-year before you an even file for divorce. Residency is also required, with a minimum of three months for couples when both live in the state. If only one party resides there, then the residency requirement stretches to a year.
Worst states to get divorced
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Posted on 8/9/14 at 2:13 pm to BluegrassBelle
It's like they only want those who are serious about it to get married.
Posted on 8/9/14 at 2:15 pm to PrivatePublic
Posted on 8/9/14 at 2:16 pm to PrivatePublic
Madness
Posted on 8/9/14 at 2:24 pm to PrivatePublic
You mean it's supposed to be taken seriously?
You're going to have some mightily disappointed people.
You're going to have some mightily disappointed people.
Posted on 8/9/14 at 2:28 pm to BluegrassBelle
Oh, I almost forgot....
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Posted on 8/9/14 at 4:36 pm to BluegrassBelle
I would dispute some of their info as to Arkansas.
Eighteenth month separation is but one ground for divorce--most are going to be granted based on the ground of general indignities (in some states called irreconcilable differences) for which there is no waiting period provided that the indignities occurred within five years preceding the filing of the complaint for divorce which is basically always the case. BTW divorce grounds are seldom litigated or contested as in contested cases parties are usually fighting over issues such as child custody, child support, visitation, and property division.
I haven't a clue as to how they came up with "540 days processing" whatever that means. That's certainly not my experience at all. You file a complaint and serve the other party and they have 30 days from the date they are served with the complaint to file an answer, unless they waive service of process which is not uncommon provided the parties are in agreement. Then you are going to get the judge to file an agreed final order or have the case set for a hearing which in most jurisdictions isn't going to take that long. You can engage in discovery (interrogatories, depositions, etc.) and in some cases have temporary hearings which can cause the process to be prolonged but 540 days is still way outside the norm IMO.
You do have to wait a minimum of 30 days from the date the complaint is filed before a divorce can be granted unless the ground for divorce is the 18 month separation in which case there is no waiting period.
Eighteenth month separation is the one divorce ground which requires no corroboration although it is most common for corroboration to be waived as to the other grounds, including general indignities.
I can't think of a single case I've been involved in where we litigated grounds for the divorce.
Eighteenth month separation is but one ground for divorce--most are going to be granted based on the ground of general indignities (in some states called irreconcilable differences) for which there is no waiting period provided that the indignities occurred within five years preceding the filing of the complaint for divorce which is basically always the case. BTW divorce grounds are seldom litigated or contested as in contested cases parties are usually fighting over issues such as child custody, child support, visitation, and property division.
I haven't a clue as to how they came up with "540 days processing" whatever that means. That's certainly not my experience at all. You file a complaint and serve the other party and they have 30 days from the date they are served with the complaint to file an answer, unless they waive service of process which is not uncommon provided the parties are in agreement. Then you are going to get the judge to file an agreed final order or have the case set for a hearing which in most jurisdictions isn't going to take that long. You can engage in discovery (interrogatories, depositions, etc.) and in some cases have temporary hearings which can cause the process to be prolonged but 540 days is still way outside the norm IMO.
You do have to wait a minimum of 30 days from the date the complaint is filed before a divorce can be granted unless the ground for divorce is the 18 month separation in which case there is no waiting period.
Eighteenth month separation is the one divorce ground which requires no corroboration although it is most common for corroboration to be waived as to the other grounds, including general indignities.
I can't think of a single case I've been involved in where we litigated grounds for the divorce.
Posted on 8/9/14 at 4:46 pm to BluegrassBelle
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Arkansas... but it has a minimum processing time of 540 days
South Carolina - They require a minimum separation of one-year before you an even file for divorce.
I would have killed myself.
Posted on 8/9/14 at 4:58 pm to BluegrassBelle
It seems like when Huck was guv, he initiated a form of marriage that was called "Covenant Marriage" or something like that. This might be that. You have to ask for it. It was like marriage on steroids. We have a higher divorce rate than any state besides Nevada, I believe.
Posted on 8/9/14 at 5:14 pm to wmr
That's true wmr. I think Arkansas and about 3 other states have covenant marriages and they are generally much harder to dissolve. LINK
I don't know that many couples who entered into those or at the very least that there are very many who entered into those that seek a divorce.
I don't know that many couples who entered into those or at the very least that there are very many who entered into those that seek a divorce.
Posted on 8/9/14 at 5:29 pm to finestfirst79
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I would have killed myself.
Posted on 8/9/14 at 6:29 pm to BluegrassBelle
I think this is good for the most part. Unless there is physical violence or criminal activity involved.
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