DIVORCE No KIDS

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• A "Complaint for Dissolution of Marriage" is your  first Court filing - it STARTS your Divorce. 
• Our fee includes completion of the Complaint, the one  required Confidential Form and necessary communication with you to file.
• Both (Complaint and Confidential Form) are MANDATORY.
• Fee does NOT include the $157 Court Clerk filing cost. 
• Click for NJB Form NO KIDS Plaintiff Complaint 
• Instructions
• Confidential Statistical Form
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 To officially "include" your spouse in your Divorce, ONE of these 4 (below) is MANDATORY.   The first is the easiest and least expensive.  

1.   Your spouse signs and we file his/her "Voluntary Appearance".   
2.   Sheriff "serves" (hands)  the Divorce papers to your spouse
3. A process server "serves" your spouse.
4. If those 3 fail - we publish notice of it.

• A "Voluntary Appearance" document signed by your spouse (and notarized) means  the Sheriff does not have to serve your Divorce papers on your  spouse. 
• This fee includes prep of the Voluntary Appearance, letter to your spouse and necessary communication with you  to do so.
• There is no court filing cost payable to the Clerk.
• Click Here for NJB  Voluntary Appearance Form
• Click Here for NJB Instructions
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• What if your spouse will not sign a Voluntary Appearance? 
•  Have the Sheriff serve  (hand the papers to) him/her. 
• This fee includes prep the NJB Praecipe to serve your spouse, and  communication with you AND the Sheriff  to do so 
• It does NOT include the  sheriff costs ($20-$60 and up ) .
• Click Here for NJB Praecipe Form
• Click Here for NJB Instructions 
• The NJB Instructions are how to FILE  the NJB Praecipe - but are silent w/r to Sheriff procedures and protocols TO serve your spouse 

• What if the Sheriff cannot find your spouse?   
• Then, either service by a process server or by publication (next topic). 
• This Private Process Server fee includes prep of all the papers and communication with you  (and Private Process Server ) to do so. 
• It does NOT include the process server costs ($50-$175)  
• There are no NJB private process server forms   
•  eMail to arrange for Private Process Service.

• What if the Process Server cannot find your spouse?   
• Then, service by  publication. 
• This fee includes prep of all the papers and communication with you  (and the  legal newspaper) to do so. 
• It does NOT include the  publication costs ($50-$90)     
• Click Here for NJB Publication Affidavit Form
• Affidavit Instructions
• Click Here for NJB Publication Motion Form
• Motion Instructions 
• Click Here for NJB Publication Order Form 
• Order Instructions 
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• What if you did not file?  But, your spouse did?  
• What do YOU need to do?  
• File an Answer and Counterclaim.     
• This fee includes prep of the NJB Form for your Answer and Counterclaim and necessary communication with you to do so.  
• Click Here for NO Kids Answer and Counterclaim Form
• Instructions
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• OK - you are the Plaintiff (you filed).
• But now your spouse has filed an Answer AND a Counterclaim.
• What do YOU need to do?
• File an Answer to your spouse's Counterclaim.
• This fee includes prep of your Answer to a  Counterclaim and  necessary communication with you  to do so. 
• NJB does not provide a Form for an Answer to a Counterclaim
• But if your spouse filed an Answer AND a Counterclaim - you best answer the Counterclaim.  
•   eMail  for help doing so

• May NOT be necessary IF you and your spouse agree on all issues.
• But if you do not agree, Temporary Orders protect you until a final Decree is signed.  
• The NJB has no Form Motion for Temporary Orders
•  eMail  us   if you want one
• Why might you want one?
• You are afraid your Spouse is dissipating assets, or
• You want your spouse out of the house, or 
• You want to make SURE you spouse keeps you on health insurance, or
• Any matter you feel you need protection on, pending a Final Decree.

• There is no NJB Financial Information Affidavit
• We can create one - if necessary 
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•  There is a 1 hour minimum.  
• Temporary Hearings are conducted by Affidavit only
• If you have an attorney, that attorney meets with the judge.  
• If the other party shows up without an attorney, he/she is allowed to testify if he/she has not submitted an Affidavit.  
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• The NJB has no Form Temporary Orders
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• A Decree is MANDATORY.
• Click Here for NJB NO KIDS Final Decree 
• NOTE; Section 7 of that NJB NO KIDS Decree states: "  7. The parties are owners of various items of personal property and have incurred certain debts, and all of the property and debts should be equitably divided between the parties.  "
• If your division of property or debt is otherwise - a better alternative is a Property Settlement Agreement (PSA)
• A PSA can further detail any property or debt agreements
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•   eMail if you feel you need a PSA
• Why might I feel I need a PSA? 
• If you do not FEEL right about the division of ASSETS or DEBTS, or, you feel you are receiving less assets or taking on more debt than you feel you deserve.  
• Simply - if you just do not TRUST that your Spouse is being fair.
• Division of real property, a house, is nearly always better handled in a PSA.   The NJB Form does not cover division of a house.

• This document allows a Court to sign a Final Decree w/out either party being present in Court.
• NJB does not have a form for it.
• You and your spouse EACH need to sign one, in front of a Notary, who also signs and seals it.
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