Dec 17, 2022 | Uncontested Divorce
Quick Answer: How do you get a divorce while incarcerated in PA? An incarcerated spouse does not change the process of a low-cost, simple, uncontested, no-fault divorce. That signature is required no matter how long the separation, but if your spouse is cooperative,...
Dec 17, 2022 | Divorce, Uncontested Divorce
Quick Answer: Can I Get a Pennsylvania Divorce If I or My Spouse Is Incarcerated? Whether or not you or your spouse is incarcerated plays no role in whether you can get a simple, uncontested, no-fault Pennsylvania divorce. As long as one (or both) of the two parties...
Dec 5, 2022 | Uncontested Divorce
Short Answer: Ever since Pennsylvania’s no-fault law became effective in 1980, Master’s hearings have been eliminated and no court appearance of any kind is required for a simple, uncontested, no-fault divorce. Full Answer: In 1977, I began offering...
Apr 19, 2022 | Divorce, Uncontested Divorce
Prior to June of 1980 when Pennsylvania’s no-fault divorce law was enabled, we had only fault divorce (and we still have it with us in addition to no-fault). In a fault divorce, the law requires that the plaintiff (the party filing the divorce action) give...
Mar 16, 2022 | Uncontested Divorce
How long a simple, low-cost, uncontested, no-fault divorce may take in Pennsylvania depends upon many things. I have had many clients, for reasons known only to themselves, stretch the process out many, many months longer than it could have taken to finish. On the...
Mar 16, 2022 | Uncontested Divorce
There are several lawful ways to serve a defendant spouse in a Pennsylvania divorce action; however, in a low-cost, simple, uncontested, no-fault Pennsylvania divorce, some of those methods do NOT apply. Accordingly, I will first discuss the process for the types of...