Wife moved out of town, Texas to California, has been out 9 months, but will not sign divorce papers, wants to keep medical insurance benefits-reason for holding off, but won't communicate, any idea if 'D' by publication is legal in Texas?
In most states you have the option to file a "divorce by publication." Here is the basic steps.
1. Go to your local newspaper and put a divorce notice ad in the classified section. 2. Mail the divorce notice to the last known address of your spouse. 3. Wait 30 days and get a letter from the newspaper stating that the ad was posted for 30 days. 4. If your spouse no longer lives at the last known address the divorce notice will come back undeliverable. 5. Take your noncontested divorce papers with the letter from the newspaper and the undelivered notice and go to your local courthouse and file a "divorce by publication."
There are more steps and more forms to this process. But these are the main ones.
2007-07-23 05:57:22 · 7 answers · asked by jaydee 1 in Family & Relationships ➔ Marriage & Divorce
one word LAWYER get her done son
2007-07-23 06:06:22 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Make sure your wife is served with papers and if she cannot be served, you must run an announcement in the paper where you believe she might be and would see it. If she's a no show, you will get your divorce and everything you ask for. In Texas, you cannot be held in a marriage you don't want to be in. She could be in a psychiatric hospital and you could divorce her here in Texas.
Be sure to get advice from a lawyer. Most will give you a free consultation if you can't afford one. Or go to your public library and all the forms are available there.
2007-07-23 06:03:29 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Is it the Arabs that only have to say "I divorce thee" and turn three time and send her back home? Would that work 23 years later?
We have just about the same remedy in Can. as you've stated.
2007-07-23 06:39:52 · answer #3 · answered by reinformer 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it is, I see those types of notifications in our local newspaper. I am not familiar with the specifics, but I know it exsists. Good luck!
2007-07-23 08:48:15 · answer #4 · answered by LoveWithNoBoundaries 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
try the following site.
http://www.911-legalnetwork.com
2007-07-24 22:48:13 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
it might be but also it can be at the discretion of the judge in many jurisdictions.
2007-07-23 06:57:04 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, talk to your lawyer.
2007-07-23 06:00:09 · answer #7 · answered by janicajayne 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋