Online divorce sites are designed for relatively cooperative couples who can agree on most/all of the issues of their divorce. That said, let us share some thoughts/ideas on how such a divorce site might be of use to you in the event your spouse is not willing to cooperate to complete the divorce at the present time.
The reality is that you will be able to get a divorce at some point in time. The question will be after how long and at what expense. Our first suggestion would be for you to appeal to your spouse that the divorce will happen and that you have found a way to make things go quicker and much less expensively. If he/she is not convinced, you can use the divorce site to create a draft agreement that you could present to him/her to see if that eases some of his/her concerns (We realize that this refusal to cooperate may be simply that he/she doesn't want the divorce, not based on settlement terms, but sometimes a draft agreement eases fears and can start the conversation rolling.)
If you cannot reach agreement through the use of the divorce site, you can mediate any remaining issues with the help of a local mediator or by mediation via desktop video conference or teleconference with the two of you present on separate computers or the same computer. Some divorce sites allow you to isolate items of disagreement and specifies what your respective positions are on the issue.
The use of a local mediator or online or teleconference mediation would be an additional fee per hour.
Id your spouse is still unmoved at this point, you would have the basis for an agreement as well as the state/province specific filing forms. Granted, the ideal couple for a divorce site is the relatively cooperative couple who wants an uncontested divorce. But people have made use of the flexibility of online divorce sites to craft something that will eventually be the basis of the divorce to save thousands of dollars. You may still have to have an attorney to get things moving. But an online divorce site could save you of time and money down the road with document preparation and filing for the divorce once he/she realizes that the divorce is going to happen.
Once he/she agrees to cooperate, you can both sign all of the documents you create on the divorce site and file them with the divorce court in your county. You would pay a filing fee at that time. Some courts require a brief hearing where the person filing appears and answers some questions of the judge.
In summary, although the best candidates for an online divorce are cooperative couples who can agree on all issues of the divorce, some couples through the use of mediation or by providing a draft agreement for the other spouse to review and serve as a starting point in negotiations, things can begin to move along cooperatively to support the use of an online divorce.
As founder of http://www.OurDivorceAgreement.com, the first online divorce site launched in 2002, Mark Stein has helped hundreds of thousands of divorcing couples world-wide successfully complete their divorce online at minimal time and expense.
For more information, contact mark.stein@ourdivorceagreement.com or +1 502 897 3020.
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