Definition Application - all divorce proceedings and court orders begin with an application.
Application in Divorce An application is typically a case information sheet, used by the clerks to manage filings and the initial Petition or Complaint. By filing the Petition or Complaint a spouse is starting the divorce. Certain states have standardized documents and others are free-form, but either way asking the court for a divorce is not as simple as completing a request by submitting an application.

Asking the court for a divorce is far more complex that completing an application for a marriage license.

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  1. Doing Your Own Divorce
    Filing your own divorce is very popular in the uncontested segment, but beware that it involves much more that completing an application or two. There are on average ten documents that must be prepared properly and filed with the court to be granted a divorce.
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