You must be a resident of North Carolina for six months before you file for divorce. Once the document is filed and served upon your spouse, they have 30 days to respond. If a response is filed, the divorce can be granted right away if the divorce is uncontested. However, if no response is filed, you must wait the full 30 days after the divorce complaint is served before a divorce can be granted. After the 30-day waiting period, a hearing will generally take place within two weeks. If no response was filed, the court will assume that the parties are in agreement, and the divorce will be granted.