1ST DOCUMENTS - will be approximately 5-10 business days after you’ve submitted a complete questionnaire & have paid our preparation fee in full. When returning these signed first documents you will need your first court fee of $210. Money Order only & messenger fees (unless they were already paid upfront). ONLY YOU (Not your spouse) WILL SIGN THIS SET OF DOCUMENTS.
INDEX # - We will acquire your INDEX NUMBER FROM THE COURT within about a week after receiving your 1st documents. **This Index # Expires 120 Days From The Date The Court Issues It. This means you have 120 days to have your spouse sign or be processed served.
See the next scenarios BELOW:
YOU MUST HAVE 1 OF THE 2 FOLLOWING SCENARIOS PERFORMED “BEFORE” THE INDEX # EXPIRES IN 120 DAYS- Scenario #1 is if your spouse signs & scenario #2 is if your spouse refuses to sign/you have them processed served):
SCENARIO #1a - IF YOUR SPOUSE SIGNS WILLINGLY – YOUR SPOUSE AGREES TO SIGN – We will notify you once your spouse’s forms are ready for signing/notarizing. You can pick them up or we can email them to you so that you can get them to your spouse. Your spouse may sign anywhere they choose “before” the 120 day index # expiration. If your file involves property or children, you will sign as well (you do NOT have to sign at the same time as your spouse) – ONCE YOUR SPOUSE SIGNS/NOTARIZES WE DO NOT NEED THEM TO SIGN ANY ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS. WE NEVER DEAL WITH YOUR SPOUSE DIRECTLY & THEREFORE WE DO NOT MAIL OR DELIVER DOCUMENTS TO YOUR SPOUSE FOR SIGNING
SCENARIO #1b - LAST SIGNING WITH YOU - We will notify you approximately 5-10 business days, after we receive your spouse’s signed documents, to receive your FINAL DOCUMENTS. This is the point when we will need your next court fee of $125 (money order only) and any unpaid courier fees. Our office will send your final documents by email, US mail or you may come to our office to sign. ONLY YOU (Not your spouse) WILL SIGN THIS SET OF DOCUMENTS.
Next, this final set of documents will be filed & we will wait for the court’s decision which can range from 3-9 months, depending on the court’s schedule. The court will notify our office once the Judge signs your papers and we will pick up your judgments. Each judgment (2) is $10 and we will contact you once the judgments are in our office.
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SCENARI0 #2a – YOUR SPOUSE/DEFENDANT DOES NOT WANT TO SIGN & WILL BE SERVED; you utilize or hire a PROCESS SERVER & have your spouse served with the divorce papers “before” the 120 day index # expiration date (To have We The People arrange a process server for $200, contact our office). Keep in mind, when a party is processed served, there is a waiting period of 40 days after the serve.
SCENARI0 #2b – YOUR SPOUSE/DEFENDANT HAS BEED SERVED & DOES NOT RESPOND; Your spouse is now in default. ONCE YOUR SPOUSE HAS BEEN SERVED, WE DO NOT NEED THEM TO SIGN ANY DOCUMENTS, WE CONTINUE THE PROCESS WITHOUT EVER GETTING THEIR SIGNATURE.
SCENARIO #2c - LAST SIGNING WITH YOU - We will notify you approximately 5-10 business days after the 40 day wait period and send your FINAL DOCUMENTS. This is the point when we will need your next court fee of $125. Money Order Only. Our office will send your final documents by email, US mail or you may come to our office to sign. ONLY YOU (Not your spouse) WILL SIGN THIS SET OF DOCUMENTS.
Next, this final set of documents will be filed & we will wait for the court’s decision which can range from 3-9 months, depending on the court’s schedule. The court will notify our office once the Judge signs your papers and we will pick up your judgments. Each judgment (2) is $10 and we will contact you once the judgments are in our office.
**NOTICE: If your spouse is process served as described in Scenario #2 and DOES RESPOND, then at no additional charge we will prepare VC forms & serve your spouse via US MAIL. If your spouse DOES NOT REPOND after we have them served via US MAIL with the VC Forms, we will continue your divorce process as stated without your spouse’s signature. Your last signing will be approximately 6-8 weeks after the date your spouse was served. This is the point when we will need your next court fee $125. Money Order Only. ONLY YOU (Not your spouse) WILL SIGN THIS SET OF DOCUMENTS.
Next, this final set of documents will be filed & we will wait for the court’s decision which can range from 3-9 months, depending on the court’s schedule. The court will notify our office once the Judge signs your papers and we will pick up your judgments. Each judgment (2) is $10 and we will contact you once the judgments are in our office.
***NOTICE: If after being served your spouse hires an attorney to contest the divorce, We The People can no longer continue servicing your file. But don't worry, we will provide you with copies of all the forms we prepared up to this point so that the fee you paid us is never wasted.