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Temporary Orders and Filing Divorce Papers Charleston WV

The divorce process takes time. The first step involves a legal separation. Divorce law varies by state. If your state doesn’t allow legal separation you can file for a temporary legal separation. Once you are legally separated, you go to the court for an original divorce petition. After you file the divorce petition you may receive temporary divorce orders from the court outlining your obligations concerning child custody, support and alimony that will be in effect until the final divorce hearing. You may want to look into divorce mediation. It’s conducted with a mediator in a relatively comfortable environment and is more cost-effective, private and quick. Once the whole process is done and the divorce settlement is negotiated you will eventually receive your divorce papers and your marriage will have been dissolved. Listed below you will find knowledgeable divorce lawyers around Charleston with the experience you expect and deserve.

Local Companies

Blankenship James C III
(304) 574-3556

105 E Wiseman Ave
Fayetteville, WV

McPhail Shari Attorney At Law
(304) 233-2240

104 14th St
Wheeling, WV

Family Law Masters
(304) 732-6119

Park St
Pineville, WV

McPhail Law Offices Pllc
(304) 233-2240

94 14th St
Wheeling, WV

Hardy County
(304) 822-7012

Romney St
Moorefield, WV

West Virginia Family Law Master
(304) 647-7406

205 N Court St
Lewisburg, WV

Hardy County
(304) 799-4084

Romney St
Moorefield, WV

Carl Keaton & Frazer Pllc
(304) 822-3028

Romney, WV

West Virginia Legal Requirements for Divorce

Waiting Period
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"No Fault" Grounds for Divorce
Separation (1 yr.) Â§48-5-202; irreconcilable differences Â§48-5-201.

Residency Requirements
If cause is adultery, one party must be resident at time action brought; if defendant is nonresident and service cannot be effected within the state, the plaintiff must have been a resident for 1 yr. prior to commencement of action. If ground other than a

Defenses to a Divorce Filing
Condonation; connivance; plaintiff's own misconduct; offense occurred more than 3 yrs. prior to divorce action; collusion is not a bar Â§48-5-301; adultery: voluntary cohabitation after knowledge.

Code Section
48-5-101 et seq.

Other Grounds for Divorce
Adultery; cruelty or violence; drug/alcohol addiction; insanity (confined for 3 yrs. prior to complaint); conviction of crime subsequent to the marriage; neglect or abuse of child; abandonment or desertion for 6 mos.; irreconcilable differences if other party admits. Â§48-5-201; also lived apart without cohabitation and without interruption for one year.

From www.statelaws.findlaw.com