|
South Carolina 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.
South Carolina Residency Requirements
If both spouses are residents, you both must have lived in South Carolina for three months prior to the filing of divorce. If just one spouse is a resident of South Carolina, that spouse must have lived in South Carolina for one year prior to the filing of divorce.
Grounds For Divorce
The no fault grounds for divorce in South Carolina requires that the Husband and Wife have lived separate and apart without cohabitation for a period of one year before filing for divorce.
Filing Your South Carolina Divorce
The basic steps for filing your uncontested South Carolina divorce are as follows:
- Petitioner reviews and sign the documents, then file the documents with the Clerk of Court.
- Defendant reviews and signs responsive documents, then files the documents with the Clerk of Court.
- Both spouses attend a short hearing.
- A judge finalizes your divorce by signing your Final Order of Divorce, which is then filed with the Clerk of Court.
Division of property & debt, child parenting plan (including child support, visitation and custody), spousal support, and more are covered.
Documents
If you select an South Carolina divorce without children, you are selecting the following forms:
- Summons
- Complaint for Divorce
- Financial Declarations
- Property Settlement Agreement
- Acceptance of Service
- Affidavit of Service by Mailing
- Answer
- Affidavit of Service by Mailing (Answer)
- Request for Hearing
- Affidavit of Service by Mailing (Notice of Hearing)
- Final Order of Divorce
- Report of Divorce
If you select an South Carolina divorce with children, you are selecting the non-children forms as well as:
- Marital Settlement Agreement (in place of the Property Settlement Agreement)
- Child Support Worksheet(s)
Forms are specific to the state of South Carolina and DivorceWriter offers a money back guarantee if your documents are not accepted by the Court.
|
