The plaintiff's attorney must serve a copy of the judgment and findings on the defendant's attorney, so that the defendant's attorney to review them and make sure they accurately reflect the decision. The court will then sign the submitted Judgment and Findings. All original documents are located in the County clerk's office. Either party to a divorce can review the file and obtain a copy of any document therein. Note that, divorce files are not a public record, and are available only to the parties, or their respective attorneys.
Many judgments require one or both parties to take various acts in the future.
If one party fails to do so, one enforcement mechanism is to file a post-judgment motion. Specific post judgment enforcement procedures will be dealt with in a future article.