What is a “No Fault” (Uncontested) Divorce?
If an agreement is signed, then on the anniversary of twelve months (six months, if no children and a Separation Agreement is signed), the parties can proceed to finalize the divorce in an uncontested manner. You will need to take a corroborating witness for a very short hearing. (This type of divorce is what people refer to as based on the grounds of “irreconcilable differences”.) People seem to be very confused about who signs the Divorce Decree as they believe that they must personally sign it. This is not so unless they are unrepresented by an attorney or pro se parties. The parties, must, however, sign a Separation (or Property Settlement) Agreement.
