Charting A Divorce Case

What Happens During A Divorce

Sam Hasler
Attorney at Law

1106 Meridian Plaza, Suite 251 Anderson, IN 46016

Telephone: 765-641-7906 Fax: (765)-374-3811
Web Page: http://sam hasler.justia.net/index.htm l E-mail:
samuelhasler@yahoo.com
Got to Have a Petition for Dissolution
of Marriage
The paper that starts everything

Petition for Dissolution

Step 1

Is there a Protective Order or Children? No Children or Protective Order?

Step 2 A Step 2 B

Provisional Hearing Provisional Hearingor Go to Discovery

Step 3 Step 3
From Provisional Hearing to Final
Hearing
Discovery - Where Everyone Learns What Facts Each Side Has

Is there a need to get facts from the other side

Discovery 1

Interrogatories Motion to Produce Motion to Produce to Third Party Depositions

Written Questions to Spouse To Spouse For getting documents from non-parties Live testimony in front of a court reporter
30 days for a response For getting documents from the other side 45 days for a response
30 days for a response
Final Hearing
Where Some Things End and Others Start
Final hearing cannot be less than 60 days after filing Petition for Dissolution

Issues
To Be Decided by the Judge

Property Division Are There Children?

(Applies whether children or not) (Applies only if there are children)

Is there real estate? Personal Property Pensions? Custody

Dividing land Dividing the stuff Dividing the pension, the 401(k), etc. Child related issue #1

Child Support Parenting Time (Visitation)

Payor/payee depends on custody Who is custodial parent
P The divorce is now final unless there is a
reason to appeal the case
P No appeal after 30 days following date of
judgment (when the Decree is signed).
P For cases without children and no appeal,
everything ends when the judge signs the
Decree of Dissolution
For cases with children, there will be continuing
issues about support and parenting time and
perhaps custody.
If you need a lawyer, feel free to contact me
Sam Hasler
Attorney at Law
1106 Meridian Plaza, Suite 251 Anderson, IN 46016
Telephone: 765-641-7906Fax: (765)-374-3811
Web Page: http://samhasler.justia.net/index.html E-mail:
samuelhasler@yahoo.com