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Can i legal separation be changed to a divorce without both parties signatures?

It has been one year and i got papers in the mail that says what i think is that we are now divorced and i did not sign anything.

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yes, after one year either party can request that the separation be converted into a divorce. If your spouse filed a motion to do so with the court and it's been a year, the court is compelled to do so.

"By stipulation of both parties, or upon motion of either party not earlier than one year after entry of a judgment of legal separation, the court shall convert the judgment to a judgment of divorce."
(Wis. Stats 767.35(5))
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