{"id":573,"date":"2014-01-21T13:29:54","date_gmt":"2014-01-21T19:29:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/simplydivorce.me\/?p=573"},"modified":"2014-01-21T13:31:14","modified_gmt":"2014-01-21T19:31:14","slug":"go-court-get-divorce","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/simplydivorce.me\/go-court-get-divorce\/","title":{"rendered":"Do I have to go to Court to get a divorce?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This is a question that is asked by almost every one of my clients. \u00a0The short answer is no. \u00a0It is possible to get a divorce in St. Tammany Parish without ever setting foot in a courtroom. \u00a0If you and your spouse elect to have an uncontested divorce, if your spouse will accept service of the petition for divorce and if you and your spouse can come to an agreement on the issues of child support and custody, neither you or your spouse will EVER have to go to court to obtain the divorce. \u00a0Hiring an attorney who specializes in amicable divorces and using the services of a mediator if you and your spouse become stuck in negotiation greatly increases your chances of staying out of the courtroom.<\/p>\n<p>Before you make a decision to go to Court on an issue, consider that going to Court is ridiculously expensive, stressful and time consuming and is likely to lead to an Order that does not fit your special circumstances. \u00a0I encourage clients who have difficulty resolving issues themselves to have a few sessions with a \u00a0mediator before resorting to Court action.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is a question that is asked by almost every one of my clients. \u00a0The short answer is no. \u00a0It is possible to get a divorce in St. Tammany Parish without ever setting foot in a courtroom. \u00a0If you and your spouse elect to have an uncontested divorce, if your spouse will accept service of &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":223,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,9,4,10],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Do I have to go to Court to get a divorce? - Simply Divorce<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/simplydivorce.me\/go-court-get-divorce\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Kim Vanderbrook\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/simplydivorce.me\/go-court-get-divorce\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/simplydivorce.me\/go-court-get-divorce\/\",\"name\":\"Do I have to go to Court to get a divorce? - Simply Divorce\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/simplydivorce.me\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/simplydivorce.me\/go-court-get-divorce\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/simplydivorce.me\/go-court-get-divorce\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/simplydivorce.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/slideshow04.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2014-01-21T19:29:54+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2014-01-21T19:31:14+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/simplydivorce.me\/#\/schema\/person\/66e6cdd21759bff3da791112cfceb71b\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/simplydivorce.me\/go-court-get-divorce\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/simplydivorce.me\/go-court-get-divorce\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/simplydivorce.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/slideshow04.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/simplydivorce.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/slideshow04.jpg\",\"width\":\"960\",\"height\":\"440\"},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/simplydivorce.me\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/simplydivorce.me\/\",\"name\":\"Simply Divorce\",\"description\":\"Resolution. 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