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Note: The general instructions presented here are for informational purposes, you will receive detailed easy-to-follow guidelines for filing your Georgia divorce with your purchase.
STEP 1: Filing Your Petition
Review and sign the documents.
- Bring the Filing Fee AND three signed copies of your Petition for Divorce to the Clerk's office.
- The Clerk will keep one copy of your Petition and will “file stamp” your other two copies showing the date and time you filed your petition.
STEP 2: Acknowledgment of Service
You are filing an uncontested divorce, where both you and your spouse agree to the terms of the divorce. In a contested case, your spouse (the Respondent) would typically be served a copy of the petition by a sheriff. In your uncontested case, you do not need to pay extra to have a sheriff to serve the papers. Instead, we have provided a Acknowledgment of Serivce and Consent to Jurisdiction for your spouse to sign.
- Give your spouse a “file stamped” copy of the Petition and the Acknowledgment of Service.
- Your spouse signs the Acknowledgment.
- File the signed Acknowledgment with the Clerk's office.
…Wait 31 days (from date Acknowledgment filed)
STEP 3 : Finalizing Your Divorce
Only the person, who filed the petition, has to go to the court hearing.
- Set a hearing with the Judge's secretary
- The actual uncontested hearing typically takes around 10 minutes. At the hearing, provide the court clerk with your signed
copy of your Marital Settlement Agreement, AND any attached Exhibits.
- Wait for the judge to call your case.
- After the judge hears your testimony he/she will sign your Final Judgment and Decree of Divorce.
Once your Decree is signed, your divorce is final.
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