What are a Summons and Complaint?
A Summons is a legal document which gives notice to your spouse (the Defendant) that an action was started. The Complaint is a legal document in the action for divorce, separation, or annulment. It contains the specific details and reasons for the relief requested in the Summons, including your grounds for divorce, separation or annulment; it also contains other requests such as child custody, visitation, child support and maintenance, equitable distribution of marital property, health insurance, life insurance, payment of legal fees and experts’ fees, exclusive possession of the marital residence, orders of protection, and the like.
