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Note: The general instructions presented here are for informational purposes only. You will receive detailed and easy-to-follow guidelines for filing your Michigan divorce with your purchase.
STEP 1: Filing Your Petition
Review and sign the documents.
- Bring the Filing Fee AND three signed copies of your Complaint for Divorce to the Clerk's office.
- The Clerk will keep one copy of your Complaint and will “file stamp” your other two copies showing the date and time you filed your petition.
- Schedule your hearing with the clerk.
STEP 2: The Waiver
You are filing an uncontested divorce, where both you and your spouse agree to the terms of the divorce. In a contested case, your spouse (the Respondent) would typically be served a copy of the petition. In your uncontested case, you do not need to pay extra to have your spouse served the papers. Instead, we have provided an Answer and Waiver for your spouse to sign.
- Give your spouse a “file stamped” copy of the Complaint and the Waiver of Citation.
- Your spouse signs the Waiver.
- File the signed Waiver with the Clerk's office.
…Wait 60 days (or six-months if minor children involved from date Petition filed)
STEP 3 : Finalizing Your Divorce
Only the person, who filed the petition, has to go to the court hearing.
- At the hearing, provide the court clerk with your signed copy of your Marital Settlement Agreement, Judgment, AND any supporting documents provided in your package.
- Wait for the judge to call your case.
- After the judge hears your testimony he/she will sign your Judgment of Divorce.
Once your Judgment is signed, your divorce is final.
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