However, you will be required to meet stringent financial guidelines. If you and your spouse reconcile, you can leave the divorce pending until you are sure that the reconciliation will work. Then, you may dismiss your divorce proceeding by filing a request for nonsuit. Your divorce is final when all the property and child related issues are resolved and the presiding judge signs an order, usually called a Decree of Divorce. In most cases, you must wait 30 days, unless the court grants a waiver.
All property acquired by parties during the marriage is community property.
Property owned by a spouse prior to marriage or acquired by a spouse during marriage by gift or inheritance is separate property. Each party provides the Judge with an inventory of the property. The inventory lists the values of the community property, liabilities of the parties, and each party's separate property. The Judge decides the value of the property, based on the evidence, when there is a dispute. The Judge can divide only the parties' community property.