divorce: husband missing

Your question is a bit confusing.  If all procedures except the decree have been completed, your estranged spouse's location should not be relevant.  My guess is that the terminology being used is not precise -- please refer to the flowchart describing the divorce process, showing each step in the procedure, which is posted at http://willicklawgroup.com/divorce/. If you are still uncertain, feel free to call a family law specialist with a question, which can probably be answered quite quickly.  Short version, though, is that even when folks are missing, a divorce can be granted -- the procedures are sometimes a little different, as to how to give actual or "constructive" notice, etc.