What if I can't locate my husband/wife to divorce?

What if I can't locate my husband/wife to divorce

?

In these tough economic times, many people put off seeking a divorce until they absolutely need to do it. Many wait until they are ready to remarry to begin the process. Sometimes years have gone by and the soon-to be ex-spouse is nowhere to be found.

One often overlooked step is to attempt to locate the missing spouse through their relatives or mutual friends. Although one will eventually be able to secure a divorce with a missing spouse (we'll outline the process below), our first recommendation is to do everything possible to locate him or her as the divorce process will always be easier if the spouse can be located and persuaded to cooperate.

Through websearches or by digging into Facebook, onecan often uncover relatives or mutual friends who may have contact or at least contact informationfor the missing spouse.

If you can locate your missing spouse and convince them to cooperate to get a divorce, you can use an online uncontested divorce site such as www.OurDivorceAgreement.com.

If you cannot locate your spouse through relatives or mutual friends, you will almost certainly be able to get a divorce.

Each state/province has different procedures concerning how to proceed if you cannot locate the other spouse. To find out how in your state/province,contact the clerk of your divorce court in your county. Some US court websites are listed at http://www.ncsconline.org/D_KIS/info_court_web_sites.html. See if your courtis listed there or look them up in on the web. You can search for the name of your county, state or provinceand the words "divorce court."

Ask the clerk of the divorce court in your county what the procedure is for attempting to notify a missing spouse that a divorce is pending. The procedure usually is placing a classified ad in the local newspaper of the city in which the missing spousewas last known to be.

Some counties require multiple ads over a period of time. Again, the clerk will be able to tell you the procedure for your county. The reason for this process is that as a society we believe that everyone deserves our best efforts to notify them if a divorce is pending. We would all want to have every reasonable effort tried before being divorced without our knowledge and consent.

Once you have complied with the notification requirements of your Court, you should be able to use the paperwork from an online divorce site such as OurDivorceAgreement.com to complete your paperwork. You should enter all of your property and and debts into the Property Settlement Agreement and assignthem to yourself. If you have minor children, you would propose a plan that works for your situation (in that your spouse is not in the picture and obviously not involved with the children).

You will use your documents to file for a default judgement, in that your are asking the Court to grant your divorce according to your wishes only because you have attempted to notify your spouse but have been unable to do so.

After a mandatory waiting period, the court should grant your divorce according to your wishes or with modifications acceptable to the court.

If you have further questions, you may contact the author at mark.stein@OurDivorceAgreement.com or 502.897.3020.

(The information presented in this article is general and informational and is not intended and should not be intrepreted as legal advice. There is no substitute for sound legal advice specific to your exact situation.)

POST COMMENT

Dealing With Depressed Wife? Here Are Three Crucial Things You Must Do When Dealing With Depressed Wife How to Get Women to Talk to You - 3 Tips to Get Her Talking How to Attract Women to You - 3 Ways to Make Women Feel Drawn to You Affairs in Marriage: How to Catch Them and How to Tell If Your Spouse is Cheating on You Today Saving You're Marriage When You're The Only Spouse Who Wants To Some Surprising Reasons Why Marriages End (And Why Understanding This Can Save Your Marriage) Proven Stimulation Techniques to Make a Woman Squirt in a Matter of Seconds When To Fight For Your Marriage: 3 Instances When Your Marriage Might Not Really Be Over My Husband is Saying That He Wants a Divorce – Does This Mean the End of Our Marriage? Learn The Secrets - Which Guy Are You? 5 Types That Push Women Away Attention - Discover How To Get A Bigger Penis To Make Women Beg For You MALAYSIAN WOMEN: How to Find Your Own Beautiful Malaysia Bride - Malaysian girls from traditional families MarriageRecords.org (Buy) MarriageRecords.org (Discount) $$$