Divorce

The technical name of the process of ending a marriage is "dissolution," although it is most commonly referred to as divorce. This process encompasses a wide variety of legal documents, hearings, and orders, including: legal separation; temporary orders for spousal maintenance (alimony), child support, child custody (both legal custody and physical custody), and visitation rights; provisions for each spouse to discover all property owned by and/or possessed by the other, as well as jointly-owned marital estate property; temporary hearings and judgments/orders; final adjudicatory hearings; the court's final judgment (decree); and post-judgment motions and relief.

The spouse who initiates a divorce action is called the "plaintiff;" the other spouse is called the "defendant". Regardless of which spouse starts the proceedings, your attorney is going to need all of the following information for BOTH spouses:

• Employer name, address, and telephone number
• Gross and net weekly (or monthly) wages
• Date of birth
• Physical descriptions
• Social Security Number
• Driver's license number
• Children's names, dates of birth, and state of health
• Description and estimated value of all assets
• Legal descriptions of real property

DIVORCE INFORMATION INTAKE SHEET--PLAINTIFF

DIVORCE INFORMATION INTAKE SHEET--DEFENDANT

DIVORCE INTAKE INFORMATION SHEET--PLAINTIFF/DEFENDANT

Kenneth J. Sanders, P.C.

3265 Walker Avenue NW
Grand Rapids, Michigan 48544
Phone: 616-784-8330
Fax: 616-784-8332
sanders3964@msn.com

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