A no contest divorce is a divorce is a divorce in which the parties choose not to contest any issue. In other words, they agree on all issues and will sign and notarize the final documents to be filed with the court. Although the technical term for a no contest divorce is an uncontested divorce, it makes more sense to many of our clients to call it a no contest divorce.

In essence a no contest divorce is like an uncontested divorce in that the parties must be in agreement on all issues and sign the paperwork, as stated above. Once the final documents are signed and notarized, the attorney will file them with the court electronically, and that same day the attorney will furnish links to the file documents to the clients.

Once the documents are filed, Georgia has a 30 day waiting period before a divorce decree can be entered. Among the documents that must be signed and notarized and filed is one entitled agreement to try at first term, which is in agreement or consent by the parties to have a divorce decree entered without trial as soon as the 31 days have passed and a motion for judgment on the pleadings is presented to the court. During the pandemic, and probably going forward, there are no more final hearings that require clients to come to court on a certain date and at a certain time. We might say that this is one of the few bonuses of the pandemic.

And agreed divorce in Atlanta Georgia is virtually the same as a no contest divorce or an uncontested divorce. It simply clarifies the meaning of uncontested divorce. In other words the parties understand that they must be in agreement on all issues in order to get an uncontested divorce, which is fast and inexpensive.

The Hughes Law office has specialized in handling no contest and agreed divorces in Atlanta Georgia for the past 19 years. Uncontested divorces, no contest divorces and agreed divorces are all we do. We have offices in Marietta Georgia, but this hardly matters since most communications are by telephone or zoom, and no court appearance is necessary. Contact us for a free consultation and visit us at Mariettadivorce.com