New Hampshire Divorce Steps

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Documents essential during New Hampshire Divorce Steps

For initialization of a divorce process, the following documents are needed.

• Personal Data Sheet: This comprises of data regarding both the divorcing partners and their children
• Petition for Divorce: The Petitioner requests the court to award a divorce and solve topics like parental rights and responsibilities, support, debts, assets etc

For finalization of the divorce, the following documents are required.

If the divorcing couple has children, the below mentioned 3 documents are essential.

• Certificate of Attendance for Parenting Class: This document specifies that the divorcing couple has remained present at the parenting class
• Uniform Support Order: This document decides who has the responsibility of child support, spousal support as well as health care expenses like heath insurance
• Parenting Plan: This document outlines the parenting schedules and allocates residential responsibility and decision making to both divorcing partners

The following 3 documents are compulsory for all divorcing couples.

• Certificate of Divorce: This is a Federal Form that requests information about the divorcing couple for statistical reasons
• Financial Affidavit: This is a sworn document. The divorcing partners identify and allocate values to their expenses, income, liabilities and assets
• Decree of Divorce: This document grants the divorce and mentions the terms for the following
  • Assignment of parental rights and responsibilities
  • Determination of child and spousal support
  • Division of assets and liabilities

• The first step in a divorce in this state is that the Plaintiff files a Libel for Divorce
• While filing the Libel, it should contain the following information
  • Names and addresses of both parties
  • Whether the parties have any minor children?
  • The jurisdiction of the court to award the divorce
  • The assets and debts of the divorcing partners
  • The grounds on which the divorce is being requested
  • The specific relief that is being requested by the Plaintiff. This may be regarding issues like property, visitation, custody, child support, alimony etc. It may be temporary or permanent
• The Plaintiff must file the Libel in the Superior Court of the county wherein either divorcing partner resides
• The Plaintiff must disburse the filing fee (In July 2004, this fee was 101 USD)
• The court dispatches the Libel to the lawyer of the Plaintiff with an intention that the lawyer would serve it to the Defendant
• If the Plaintiff has requested for temporary relief in the Libel, the court schedules a temporary hearing
• After the Defendant is served with the Libel, the Defendant must perform the following 2 actions
  • The Defendant must consult with a lawyer regarding this document
  • The Defendant must carefully read the document
    • It might contain the date of temporary hearing
    • It certainly contains the date before which the Defendant is expected to file an Answer. The Defendant might refuse or agree with the allegations in the Libel

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