Re: contested divorce
Randi563 said:
Date of marriage 8/8/92. dissolution originally filed in 1997 but we reconciled for a period of time after that.There are no assets, only liabilities which can be worked out. Two children, ages 7 and 9. In process now of signing custody & visitation order. No we have not given each other an Income & Expense form or family law interrogatories.
My response:
If you're signing a custody and visitation order, and presumably you're living apart, and the Petition was filed in 1997, then there's obviously nothing to "reconcile."
Okay, your case will be diverted to Mediation for any current issues and, once a report is sent to the judge, then all you have to do is file and serve your Request for Entry of Judgment. However, as a prerequisite to entry of judgment with respect to the parties' property rights and/or liabilities, each party shall execute and file with the court a declaration signed under penalty of perjury stating that service of the final declaration of disclosure and current income and expense declaration was made on the other party or that service of the final declaration of disclosure has been waived pursuant to Ca Fam §§ 2105(d) or 2110.
You'll get your trial hearing date. Your dissolution will be finalized, and the court will retain jurisdiction over the remaining issues; e.g., child support, spousal support (if requested), and visitation and custody.
Once the judgment is signed by the court, the clerk will enter it in the judgment book and notify the parties by mailing the completed Notice of Entry. The marriage is deemed "finally" terminated on the date specified in the Notice of Entry.
When was his response filed?
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