QUESTION
How can we continue with the divorce if we already have child custody taken care of?
Asked on Oct 19th, 2011 on Child Custody - California
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We have joint child support done. We just need a divorce.
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Mediation Attorney serving Bloomfield, NJ
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Cassandra T. Savoy, PC
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Find a lawyer and file the divorce.
Answered on Jul 08th, 2013 at 8:15 PM
You need to complete the required paperwork. We have a service just for paperwork processing. It really takes away the hassle and lost time for couples trying to figure out what is needed, when, is it complete, how many copies, deadlines, etc.
Answered on Oct 20th, 2011 at 1:44 PM
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File for divorce and incorporate your parenting agreement in there.
Answered on Oct 20th, 2011 at 1:36 PM
Glen Edward Ashman
Custody, support and visitation MUST be addressed in a divorce. They cannot be done on the side. Your post tells me you are doing this (and doing it badly) without a lawyer. Get a lawyer. You need one badly here.
Answered on Oct 20th, 2011 at 12:40 PM
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John E. Kirchner
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You don't explain how you have "child custody taken care of" or "joint child support done", but it is not normally possible to that without those being handled as a part of the divorce. That suggests that the only thing that is actually "taken care of or done" is that you and your spouse have reached an agreement. If that is the case, your agreements still have to be approved by the judge and incorporated into court orders that grant the divorce, establish child support, and allocate parental responsibilities. Until there is a court order, you have nothing that is binding or enforceable.
Answered on Oct 19th, 2011 at 10:11 PM
When you say that you have child custody and support taken care of, does that mean that a parenting plan and child support order have been entered? The court is going to require those. If you have had appropriate child support and parenting documents entered already, then, you will have to reach an agreement on the division of property and debts. All of that will have to be turned into two documents: a findings and a decree. Once everything is entered with the court, then, the divorce is done.
Answered on Oct 19th, 2011 at 4:43 PM
Any time you can come up with an agreement before you this helps your attorney in drafting your agreement(s).
Answered on Oct 19th, 2011 at 4:14 PM
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Glenn E. Tanner, Attorney at Law
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In Washington you petitointhe court for dissolution of your marriage submitting the agreed to parenting plan and child support order.
Answered on Oct 19th, 2011 at 4:11 PM
The status of your marriage is separate from child custody. If you started your child custody case with a Petition for Dissolution, you will need to continue this process to bring it to a judgment. If you never started a divorce action (filed a Petition for Dissolution of Marriage) you will need to do so.
Answered on Oct 19th, 2011 at 4:09 PM