QUESTION
How can I get a divorce if I do not know where my husband lives?
Asked on Mar 14th, 2014 on Divorce - Florida
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Taxation Attorney serving Charleston, WV
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C. Page Hamrick III
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You can file for a divorce to be serviced with notice of publication, and file an affidavit of non-residency.
Answered on Mar 17th, 2014 at 2:29 PM
You file your papers with the court. You make good faith efforts to locate him. If you cannot, then you file a motion with the court to allow you to serve him by publication in the city or town of his last known residence, good luck
Answered on Mar 14th, 2014 at 6:29 PM
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Law Office of Robert E. McCall
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File a contested divorcee. Service of process is by Publication (review service of process statute).
Answered on Mar 14th, 2014 at 1:59 PM
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Law Offices of Helene Ellenbogen P.S.
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File and ask the court to serve by publication.
Answered on Mar 14th, 2014 at 1:29 PM
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Law Offices of James P. Peterson
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If there is no property and no child then you can do a "publication divorce" with official notice to him and others on the court house steps. If a child or property to divide then you should get a lawyer.
Answered on Mar 14th, 2014 at 1:18 PM
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You ask the court to appoint a curator to attempt to locate and notify him.
Answered on Mar 14th, 2014 at 1:18 PM
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Diane L. Berger
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You file for the divorce and then file notice in a legal newspaper.
Answered on Mar 14th, 2014 at 1:16 PM
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Musilli Brennan Associates, PLLC
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Your best bet is to confer with an attorney with all of the details and then act in accordance with their advice. Generally it is possible to divorce even if you do not know where you're about to be ex spouse is presently.
Answered on Mar 14th, 2014 at 1:16 PM
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Gerard A. Fierro & Associates
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You will have have to use your best efforts to locate him using various methods such as post office, DMV and voter registration searches and then you would need to apply to the Court for permission to serve by publication in a newspaper of general circulation in your county
Answered on Mar 14th, 2014 at 1:16 PM
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The Bryan Law Firm L.L.C.
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He would be considered an absentee under the law. Your attorney will know what steps need to be taken to attempt to locate him and have a curator ad hoc appointed to accept service on his behalf. Give me a call and I'll be happy to help.
Answered on Mar 14th, 2014 at 1:16 PM
You can get a divorce. If you can?t find your spouse, you can issue service of process by Publication. Be certain to it correctly so the Court can enter an appropriate default judgement. The key is to have documentary proof of what you did to try and locate your spouse BEFORE you serve by publication. You might want to check with DMV for an updated address.
Answered on Mar 14th, 2014 at 1:15 PM