The papers then will be return to the sheriff department on which you requested the service. After that they will try to serve your spouse once again but if they are unavailable to do so, your divorce summons are posible to go back to a pile of files. Remember you are not the only one requesting this service. Also the most important thing here is that you are the requesting party and you have to try to do every possible effort to get the cooperation of your spouse. The sheriff can only try to deliver the papers for you instead of doing it in person.
Now things would really complicate if your spouse is out of state or in prison, then for example if the inmate is housed at the liberty correctional prison, and the offense happen at the orange county then the orange county clerk's office should coordinate with the liberty county clerk of court's to have the Liberty county sheriff's office serve your spouse with his divorce paperwork.
Request default motion.
If your spouse was served PROPERLY with paperwork and they do not sign or respond by the deadline, you will automatically get the terms u asked for in the divorce.
Ask your attorney about suing your husband for divorce "in absentia).
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.
get a lawer and sue her ! they can make her sign the papers !
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.
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.
well don't get any divorce
You can serve a spouse with separation papers which they have no recourse not to accept. You can also serve them with divorce papers. They can refuse to sign, but eventually a judge may grant the divorce anyway.
In Pennsylvania, a spouse typically has 20 days to respond to divorce papers after being served. If the spouse does not respond within this timeframe, the filing spouse may proceed with a default divorce. It's important for the responding spouse to file their answer or any necessary motions within the allotted period to protect their rights in the divorce proceedings.
No. Talk to your lawyer.
u dont get divorced unless in in a diff country than the US cuz then i dont know