Definition Joint Petition - used when both parties want the same end of a court action.
Application in Divorce When divorcing spouses seek to dissolve a marriage due to irretrievable breakdown in a no-fault action, they file a joint request for court approval of an uncontested separation agreement.

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  1. Divorcing Together
    In a summary divorce, the spouses can do it together when they
    1. agree how they will divide what they own and what they owe
    2. file the divorce forms in the local court
    3. wait a few months
    4. request the final divorce decree from the court.


    No simpler avenue to a divorce exists that a joint petition for uncontested divorce based on irretrievable breakdown.
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