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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.
The Easy Form does not e-file your forms. You can download the forms and e-filing instructions at the end of the program.
Learn more about getting a divorce.This program will help you make your court forms. It will ask questions for you to answer. At the end of the program, you will get completed court forms and instructions. You can save and print them, or the program can email them to you.
Form completion time: 20 minutes to 45 minutes
You will be able to save your work in the middle of the program.
The interview and forms are in English.
Can I use this program?
To use this program, the following must be true:
- You want to end a marriage or civil union,
- You or your spouse will have lived in Illinois for at least 90 days when the final divorce judgment is entered, and
- You do not have another divorce case already filed and still pending somewhere else.
If you have minor children with your spouse, they must have lived in Illinois for the past 6 months.
If your spouse is on active duty with any branch of the US military or lives outside of the US, they must sign an Appearance (Divorce) form.
What do I need first?
To complete this program, you will need to know the following information:
- Date and place of your marriage or civil union,
- Date you and your spouse separated,
- Addresses for you and your spouse,
- Employment information for you and your spouse,
- Whether you or your spouse receive Social Security,
- Information about any real estate, personal property, retirement accounts, bank accounts, or debts that you and your spouse own or owe.
If you and your spouse have children, you also need to know:
- Names and birth dates of all the children you and your spouse have together or separately, and
- Information about other court cases that involve the children you and your spouse have together.
What documents will this create?
This program prepares the forms listed below. The forms you get will depend on your answers.
- How to Get a Divorce (No Children)
- How to Get a Divorce (with Children)
- Petition for Divorce (Divorce No Children under 18)
- Petition for Divorce with Children (Divorce with Children)
- Additional Children Information - Petition (Divorce with Children)
- Other Information about Your Children - Petition (Divorce with Children)
- Summons (Divorce)
- Letter to the Sheriff (Serving a Summons and Petition for Divorce)
- Appearance (Divorce)
- Judgment for Dissolution of Marriage/Civil Union (Divorce No Children under 18)
- Judgment for Dissolution of Marriage/Civil Union (Divorce with Children)
- Additional Children Information - Judgment (Divorce with Children)
- Additional Debts & Liabilities (Divorce)
- Additional Personal Property and Bank Accounts (Divorce)
- Certification Agreement (Divorce with Children)
- Certification Agreement (Divorce No Children under 18)
- How to Get an Order for Support
- Order for Support
- Support Information Sheet
- How to Fill out the Income Withholding for Support Form
- Income Withholding for Support
- Letter to Employer About Income Withholding for Support
- How to fill out the Certificate of Dissolution of Marriage/Civil Union
- Certificate of Dissolution of Marriage/Civil Union
- Domestic Relations Cover Sheet (Cook County)
Worried about doing this on your own? You may be able to get free legal help.
