A major issue in many cases involves the valuation of property and how to divide it. You have to know what there is to divide before you decide how you would like to divide it. Your lawyer will explain the impact of these changes to you. Disclosure of relevant information is supposed to be almost automatic upon a request being made. Once each side is fairly comfortable that they have enough information, obtained through Discovery or a Sworn Inventory and Appraisement, the parties should try to resolve their case, preferably by agreement.
Mediation is a very useful aid in helping reach a settlement.
There are articles on Mediation accessible from the HomePage . If there are issues that cannot be settled, either party can request that the Court set the case for Trial. At the trial, the Court will hear all the proper evidence presented to it and will make a ruling. The ruling will be put into a written Order usually called a Decree of Divorce. It is the responsibility of the parties to produce the written order, and after proper procedures have been followed, present it to the Judge for signature.