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Virginia 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.
Virginia Residency Requirements
To obtain a divorce in Virginia, one of the spouses must be a resident of Virginia for at least six (6) months before the divorce is filed.
Grounds For Divorce
The no-fault grounds for divorce in Virginia requires that the spouses must be separated for six (6) months before filing for divorce. If there are minor children, the spouses must be separated for one (1) year before filing for divorce.
Filing Your Virginia Divorce
The steps for filing your Virginia divorce with DivorceWriter are as follows:
- Plaintiff files the Divorce Complaint with the Clerk of Courts and schedules a hearing if required in your county.
- Plaintiff attends brief hearing.
- The judge finalizes the divorce by signing your divorce decree.
Division of property & debt, child parenting plan (including child support, visitation and custody), spousal support, and more are covered.
Documents
If you select a Virginia divorce without children, you are selecting the following forms:
- Complaint
- Property Settlement and Separation Agreement
- Acceptance/Waiver of Service of Process
- Request for Ore Tenus Hearing
- Final Decree of Divorce
- Addendum for Protected Identifying Information
If you select a Virginia divorce with children, you are selecting the non-children forms as well as:
- Uniform Child Custody Affidavit
- Child Support Worksheet
In the online interview you will also be able to select a Name Change Order, Income Deduction Order, and/or Waiver of Rights Under the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (if the Defendant is active duty in the military).
Forms are specific to the state of Virginia and DivorceWriter offers a money back guarantee if your documents are not accepted by the Court.
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