Is a divorce valid if the other spouse signs the paperwork but lives in another state

Kent, WA Viewed 75 times. Posted about 1 year ago in Discrimination

Divorce papers: If I filed my divorce papers in one state and send to my spouse in other state for them to sign does send them back to me or to the court? or can file divorce after I started them in the they are in? - Is this your question? Add additional information

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Michael William Bugni

This attorney is licensed in Washington. Posted 5 months ago.

You can be divorced in the state where you live, where they live, or where the two of you lived while you were married. Don't have a case pending in two states. Once your spouse signs the papers, they send them to you, and you take care of getting those papers properly presented to the court.

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