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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.

Learn about what to expect in a divorce, who can start a case, how long it takes, and what’s decided in a divorce.

Learn more about the costs and fees associated with the divorce process in Illinois.

Learn about what a legal separation is, how it’s different from a divorce, and how to get one.

This how-to explains the process of getting a divorce, from making forms to going to court. Use if you and your spouse have children together.

This how-to explains the process of getting a divorce, from making forms to going to court. Use if you and your spouse don’t have children together.

Learn about a quicker process for getting a divorce in Illinois. You and your spouse must agree on the terms and not have any children together.

When divorcing a spouse, there are legal requirements to notify them. Learn about options if they cannot be located.

Advanced level content. Information on dissolution, divorce, common-law marriage, separation, child support, custody, and visitation.

This Easy Form helps you make forms for a Joint Simplified Divorce. They can be used if you and your spouse have no children together and agree on all terms of the divorce. The forms are for use only in Cook County.

A person who filed for a divorce might change their mind and want to stop the case. Learn about the steps needed.

Explains how to divorce your spouse if they are in jail or in prison.

Explains how to divorce someone who is not living in Illinois.

Explains the parent education class required for court cases involving custody or visitation.

Learn about uncontested and contested divorces and explore how the agreements or differences may affect your case.

Learn about how a divorce is different when one spouse is in the military

Use this form to file for a joint simplified divorce. Only for use in Lake County.