Responding to divorce

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Responding to divorce

If your spouse files for divorce, you can choose whether to participate in the court process. Learn about your options, filing deadlines, required forms, and what happens if you do not respond.

Responding to a divorce basics
Learn more about legal options available if a spouse has filed for divorce.
Guide
Responding to a divorce case
Learn how to respond to a divorce case in Illinois, including legal options, required forms, and deadlines.
FAQ
Starting a response to a divorce case
This how-to explains how to respond to a divorce case in Illinois. It includes the required forms, filing deadlines, and court process.
How-To
Divorce
This Easy Form helps you make the forms to get a divorce. You can use it if you and your spouse have children together or if you do not. It also works if you want to make forms to end a civil union.
Easy Form
Respond to a lawsuit
This Easy Form helps you make Answer and Appearance forms to respond to a lawsuit. It can make optional forms for a Jury Request, Affirmative Defenses, and Counterclaims.
Easy Form
Financial affidavit
This Easy Form helps you provide financial information and documents to the other party in family law cases. It makes the statewide Financial Affidavit (Family and Divorce Cases) forms.
Easy Form