I am not certain that I fully understand your question, but I will give it a try. A final divorce (or dissolution) means that the judge assigned to your case has signed, and filed the document that constitutes your decree of dissolution. This may be a separate document submitted to the judge for signature, or it may be a minute entry, that is a notice from the court, that the judge has stated to be the decree, and has signed and filed. A closed divorce could be a divorce case where the time limits imposed by the court under the rules have not been met, and the case is therefore dismissed. Another meaning might be that the final decree has been entered, and the time for an appeal from the decree has run, so therefore the case is closed.
Answered on Jun 03rd, 2013 at 10:22 PM