Minnesota Divorce Process

The divorce process can become complicated.  The types of divorce include collaborative divorce, contested divorce, uncontested divorce, and mediated divorce.

In Minnesota, the general process of a divorce includes:

  1. Hiring a Divorce Attorney
  2. Preparation for Divorce
  3. Requirements of a Divorce
  4. Commencement of Divorce Proceedings
  5. Venue
  6. Summons
  7. Petition for Divorce
  8. Answer & Counter-Petition
  9. Default Judgment
  10. Filing the paperwork with the Court
  11. Scheduling Order
  12. Temporary Hearing
  13. Discovery
  14. Pretrial
  15. Trial
  16. Follow-up work after Divorce Decree is filed

The process can become different in many ways.  If Mediation is successfully used before trial, several of the steps which involve the Court may vanish.  Additional steps may be added by events such as an Appeal.  Also, the proper venue in the Twin Cities area counties has to be chosen.

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