No. The judgment would be entered by the court. You can visit the court and request a copy of the judgment of divorce.
You should seek legal advice and file divorce papers against her. Your lawyer will draw up papers stating why you are filing for divorce. In most States a divorce would be granted for several reasons, one being 'alienation.'
Yes. A judge decides whether or not a divorce will be granted, a spouse does not. The fact that your spouse will not sign a piece of paper has no bearing on the issue. The fact that your spouse has retained a lawyer has nothing to do with it. The lawyer represents your spouse's interests. The lawyer is there to take you to the cleaners.
Go to your lawyer. If you can they will know what to do.
There is no proper way to file divorce papers. You can also hire a lawyer to help you fill out the papers and contact the other party to present them with the divorce forms.
Go to your lawyer. If you can they will know what to do.
No. Talk to your lawyer.
It means the decree has been entered and the divorce has been granted.
In Tennessee, the law requires that a divorce notice be published in a newspaper for four consecutive weeks before the divorce can be granted. The notice should include information about the divorce case and the parties involved. After the four-week period, the court may proceed with the divorce proceedings.
This state has regulations concerning how papers must be served on someone. If your boyfriend meets those requirements, he can serve those papers. Since you should have a lawyer if you are going to get a divorce, why don't you ask your lawyer so you will follow the law in your location.
A divorce in Jamaica can be obtained by hiring a lawyer to dissolve the marriage. A lawyer will file divorce papers with the courts and get a hearing date.
If your spouse is served with divorce papers, that is what matters. The next step is the hearing before the judge. Your spouse may attend or may choose not to attend. It does not matter. What matters is the judge's decree. Many divorces have been granted when the spouse refused to sign.
A spouse that does not sign divorce papers will get a default judgment entered against them and the divorce will still happen. You can however contest the default judgment if the court allows you to do so and thinks you have a good reason why you did not sign the papers.