Dissolution of Marriage

[Erica]

In Ohio, in a dissolution of marriage both parties must be present. What happens if one party does not appear in court at the final hearing? Is there anything that can be done?

[Edited by Erica on 12-23-2000 at 03:27 PM]

 

[I AM ALWAYS LIABLE]

In Ohio, in a dissolution of marriage both parties must be present. What happens if one party does not appear in court? Is there anything that can be done?

My response:

Failure to appear at what point in the dissolution ? The beginning, middle or end ? That is, which part ?

IAAL

 

[chelseatigger]

I had a dissolution in ohio about 2 years ago. My lawyer told me that if my husband didn't show up for court that we would have to reschedule another hearing. Both parties have to present and agree to the dissolution for the judge to rule.
Hope this helps. The court hearing only takes a few minutes, we were in and out in about 10 minutes.

 

[I AM ALWAYS LIABLE]

My response:

Of course, things happen, and the judge is allowed to reschedule hearings. However, when he didn't show up again, the judge should have entered his "default" and given you everything you asked for.

What has happened since ? Did the judge enter a decree of divorce ? Has all property, debts, and liabilities been decided and divided ?

What's going on today with this matter ?

IAAL

 

[chelseatigger]

My dissolution was finalized in less than 3 months. Everything was split based on what we had before the marriage and who's family bought what for us. He also had to take on all of the credit cards and the one vehicle because his name was the only one on them. He also got the house because I didn't contest it because I didn't want the payment. We only just bought it 2 months before that. I pretty much made out in the deal because I got all of the furniture basically and he got all of the bills.
However, the funny thing is that we are now remarried going on 1 and 1/2 years now.