What if I refuse to sign the divorce papers?
There’s a summary divorce, which is for people that have been married for less than five years, have no children and almost no assets. That process requires both husband and wife to sign, and if one of them refuses to sign: no divorce. The regular divorce doesn’t require your spouse’s signature. It requires a judge to make an order. So, you can serve your spouse, they don’t have anything to sign, you don’t need their cooperation, you don’t need their consent, and at the end of the process, you’re divorced.
