How Long Does Divorce Actually Take?
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It honestly depends. Every situation is unique.
It depends on whether the clients come to me and they already have an agreement in place, and they just need us to write it up for them. That’s going to be your quickest option.
There are parties that are close to being in agreement with each other, but have some things still to work out. Those are good situations, possibly for a pre-suit mediation, where you can iron out the small details, so you don’t have to go to court.
There are also situations where one party files a petition, the other party gets served, and you have to go through the litigation process. If that’s the case, then that could take anywhere from a year up to three years, maybe even longer.
It just depends on how litigated the case is, how many issues there are, if there’s children involved. Each little nuance adds a little bit more time and a little bit more detail to each situation.
So we could be anywhere from a couple of months up to five years.
