What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? CA
I filed for divorce in Sacramento back in December, which I believe would make my divorce final in July if everything goes smoothly.
We are going the default route, and my ex has not filed any responses. We had one hearing for custody, which we agreed on everything so the judge just approved our order and sent us on our way.
After that hearing, I filed the final documents to ask for the divorce to be final and have a judgement.
Doing this myself, I usually have had my forms returned to me at least once with errors which I corrected and turned back in before they got filed. I usually got them back within a few days.
The last batch of forms I filed I have heard nothing. I filed over 3 months ago. After not hearing back after a few weeks, I went in and the front desk person said it takes 10-12 weeks for those forms to get the judgement on them. At the 12 week mark, I had a friend, who is a paralegal in a family law office, call the court clerk to ask and she was told nothing had been filed yet.
I'm not sure if I should be worried at this point, with my potential divorce date being just over a month away. I would like this finished and not delayed. The court is very uncooperative and there seems to be nothing I can do but sit and wait to see if it gets to the judge on time.
My paralegal friend mentioned I could as for a hearing, but I don't want to waste the judges time and inadvertently tick him off.
Does anyone have any experience with this process taking this long? Should I just sit it out and wait? Is it possible it won't get to the judge by July at all? Is there any legal rules that state that if the court doesn't process it in a timely manner, that I shouldn't be penalized?
My main concerned is that if it gets to the judge and it's not approved on some mistake I made in the paperwork, and I have to resubmit, and it takes another 12+ weeks to get back to a judge, then I'm stuck being married for 2 months (or more) longer than I should be. I'm wondering if I have any protections against that.
I filed for divorce in Sacramento back in December, which I believe would make my divorce final in July if everything goes smoothly.
We are going the default route, and my ex has not filed any responses. We had one hearing for custody, which we agreed on everything so the judge just approved our order and sent us on our way.
After that hearing, I filed the final documents to ask for the divorce to be final and have a judgement.
Doing this myself, I usually have had my forms returned to me at least once with errors which I corrected and turned back in before they got filed. I usually got them back within a few days.
The last batch of forms I filed I have heard nothing. I filed over 3 months ago. After not hearing back after a few weeks, I went in and the front desk person said it takes 10-12 weeks for those forms to get the judgement on them. At the 12 week mark, I had a friend, who is a paralegal in a family law office, call the court clerk to ask and she was told nothing had been filed yet.
I'm not sure if I should be worried at this point, with my potential divorce date being just over a month away. I would like this finished and not delayed. The court is very uncooperative and there seems to be nothing I can do but sit and wait to see if it gets to the judge on time.
My paralegal friend mentioned I could as for a hearing, but I don't want to waste the judges time and inadvertently tick him off.
Does anyone have any experience with this process taking this long? Should I just sit it out and wait? Is it possible it won't get to the judge by July at all? Is there any legal rules that state that if the court doesn't process it in a timely manner, that I shouldn't be penalized?
My main concerned is that if it gets to the judge and it's not approved on some mistake I made in the paperwork, and I have to resubmit, and it takes another 12+ weeks to get back to a judge, then I'm stuck being married for 2 months (or more) longer than I should be. I'm wondering if I have any protections against that.