Hardee County, FL Divorce Law Firms & Lawyers

Tell him tough. He was served, the process server should have filed an affidavit of service and the time for your husband to respond has probably run. In that case, you can ask the court to enter a default and ask for a default judgment. Now, if you served him, the service is not good. It must be a third party doing the service. Of course, if you had an attorney, he or she could help you sort through these issues.

You can file for a divorce in the state where you were married if your spouse still resides there. Otherwise, you can file for a divorce in the state where your spouse resides at the present time. You may be able to file in the state where you currently reside if there is a basis for that court to have jurisdiction over your spouse. That could include if you have children together that are residing with you, if you and your spouse ever lived in your current state, or if the grounds for divorce occurred in the state where you are living.

Oftentimes, a divorce action will include temporary orders that require certain payments to be made. If you have already filed for divorce, you would have had the opportunity to get such an order upon filing. Otherwise, a motion would need to be filed to bring the issue before the Judge. If there is no order, then there is no immediate obligation of either party to pay the expense, although that issue could be considered at a later point. All parties that signed the lease are still obligated to the landlord. It will be up the landlord to release him from that obligation or not. However, if that occurs, that may not release you of the obligation.