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Walk It Through: The Divorce Filing

Six months' residence, irreconcilable differences, temporary support, and the house and the debts.

A couple married many years agrees the marriage is over. One spouse moved to the state only recently.

Two things a person in this spot might do. Picking one shows what the law says about it.

An uncontested divorce with a house and children. A prenuptial agreement, a military pension, and a contested custody trial are not worked through here.

A practice walkthrough, not a prediction of how any real one will go. Legal information, not legal advice.

Words this turns on

Terms with a legal meaning that is narrower than the everyday one. Each links to the definition and the authority behind it.