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 If you are thinking about getting a divorce, or if you have been served with a petition for dissolution of marriage, you need to think about the long term as well as find solutions to immediate practical problems about who is going to live where, interim child support, or custody and visitation of the children. Working with an experienced  lawyer can help provide you with legal counsel you need to quickly and effectively resolve issues that might arise in your divorce. 

A divorce without involving children involves a filing fee (in some cases) and a settlement document. 

It doesn't matter who files first. How long the case will take depends on whether it is contested or uncontested. An uncontested divorce can take as little as four to five weeks once all of the necessary paperwork is completed.An uncontested divorce means that both parties agree on absolutely everything such as child support, timesharing with minor children, division of property and debts and alimony, if any. And it also means that both parties cooperate to get the case over with.

If the matter is contested, that is there are one or more issues which the Court has to decide, such as child support or alimony, etc., the case can take about 4-6 months or more to be heard. In the Florida counties where the Courts are extremely busy it can take a year or more. Hopefully at some point short of a trial the case can be settled through compromise by both parties or through the mediation process.

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