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Indiana
Divorce
We provide this information
as a courtesy. This is not meant to replace legal advice.
When we receive your
information we will forward your case to one of our Indiana paralegals
who will process your papers. Indiana requires all family law cases
to be filed on court approved, mandated forms. Our paralegals will
prepare your documents using these forms.
RESIDENCY
REQUIREMENTS
Either party
must be a resident of Indiana for six months prior to the filing
of the Petition for Divorce and three months in the county where
the petition is filed.
GROUNDS
No-Fault:
Irretrievable breakdown of the marriage.
Impotence
at time of marriage;
Conviction
of a felony subsequent to the marriage;
Incurable
mental illness for 2 years.
LEGAL
SEPARATION:
One spouse
must be and have been a resident of Indiana for at least 6 months
and the county where the divorce is filed for at least 3 months
immediately prior to filing for legal separation.
Legal separation
may be filed under the grounds that it is currently intolerable
for the spouses to live together.
SIMPLIFIED
DIVORCE
If the parties
are in agreement and both parties are willing to sign the papers,
a divorce can be granted without a court hearing.
PROPERTY
DISTRIBUTION:
Parties
can sign and execute a Marital Settlement Agreement that stipulates
how the marital property will be divided.
If the parties
cannot agree, the court will decide how to divide the marital property
based on equitible distribution.
CHILD
ISSUES
Parties
can agree on joint custody or sole custody. If both parties cannot
agree on child custody, the court will decide based on the best
interest of the minor children.
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