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Illinois allows you to complete your divorce without an attorney if you and your spouse can come to an agreement on what to do with your property and how you will care for any children that you may have.
Illinois Residency Requirements
To file for divorce in Illinois at least one spouse from the marriage must have lived in Illinois for 90 days prior to filing for divorce.
Grounds For Divorce
Most Illinois uncontested divorces are based on the grounds that irreconciable differences have caused the irretrievable breakdown of the marriage.
Filing Your Illinois Divorce
The steps for filing your Illinois divorce (also called a "Dissolution of Marriage") with DivorceWriter are as follows:
- You review and sign the documents (including the Petition for Dissolution, Marriage Settlement Agreement, and Judgment of Dissolution); and you then file the documents with the court.
- Schedule a hearing with the court. Hearing is typically within one to two months, but in Illinois you also need to be separated from your spouse for six months prior to having your divorce finalized.
- A judge completes your divorce by signing your Judgment.
Division of property, debts, alimony, change of last name, and minor children (including custody, Illinois child support calculations, visitation, and more) are covered in the DivorceWriter interview and documents.
Forms are specific to Illinois and DivorceWriter offers a money back guarantee if your documents are not accepted by the Court.
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