Indiana Divorce Laws Frequently Asked Questions

Under the provisions of the Indiana divorce law you are required at minimum to be a resident of the State for at least 180 days or 6 months before being able to file for divorce.

Under the Indiana divorce law there are no requirements for your spouse to reside in the State of Indiana. However, this brings complications to your divorce process.

Under the Indiana divorce law your spouse is required to be served with divorce papers to inform him/her of the divorce complaint that you have filed in Indiana. Since your spouse isn’t in Indiana you will need a server to serve this notice requiring more paper work, more time and more money.

Each marriage is unique and each divorce case is certainly unique. There is no formula to calculate how long it will take to settle your divorce. The more complicated the divorce the more time it will take to be decreed by the court.

Different counties in Indiana have different filing fee for divorce.

Indiana divorce lawyers have an hourly rate that they charge their clients on.

Each divorce case is unique and the costs depend on the time it takes to settle your divorce.

The law does give you the right to represent yourself in court, but, it advisable not to do so. An Indiana divorce lawyer understands the divorce process much better and will represent your interests better in court.

No, you both will have to be represented separately in court but, it is possible to hire the same Indiana divorce lawyer to do the paper work.

No, Indiana doesn’t recognize common law marriages.

Yes, marriages in Indiana are dissolved with no fault divorces.