What Forms Do I Use to Respond to the Court for a Divorce Petition Filed by my Spouse?

Most likely, none. Standard Legal offers No-Fault Divorce legal forms software, as a No-Fault Divorce is an amicable agreement between a husband and wife to end a marriage. Typically, a No-Fault Divorce is filed as a “Petition for Dissolution.”

If one spouse has already filed divorce proceedings against the other without any input, and if that filing requires a reply to the court, your spouse has most likely filed a “Petition for Divorce”, a proceeding that places the fault for the divorce on one of the spouses.

Thus, there are no “stock” forms that we offer or that we can suggest for use to reply to the court regarding a Divorce proceeding.

Divorce is a complex litigation that is best handled by qualified legal counsel.

Unless you can convince your spouse to drop the current divorce proceeding and then work with to create a No-Fault Divorce Agreement, we suggest you find a qualified attorney to help you with Divorce litigation.

You can make a search for a qualified local attorney for free at Standard Legal’s Attorney Find page (select the DIVORCE option from the legal specialty menu).