I believe that you can be granted a divorce within 1 year of separation with or without his signature. There will likely be more paper work to file though. Good luck!
how long is the wait before a divorce take place if the spouse refuses to sign the divorce petition
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.
Go to court. The judge can grant the petition.
get a lawer and sue her ! they can make her sign the papers !
You continue with the divorce proceeding. A spouse who refuses to sign the divorce papers can delay the proceedings by making it take longer but they cannot prevent the divorce.
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If you serve your spouse and he/she refuses to sign, you may be able to win your divorce by default. Divorce by default happens when the person served fails to respond to the legal documents.
it's usually not very hard. depending on when the person is getting out. but, as with normal divorces, sometimes the spouse refuses to sign the divorce papers.
Serve him with divorce papers and let him anwer in court.
Even in Illinois both must file for divorce, then only will things move forward.
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.
Ask your attorney about suing your husband for divorce "in absentia).