Required Documents for a Georgia Divorce

PROCEDURAL Forms

Complaint
- The Complaint initiates divorce proceedings, and identifies required facts that authorize grant of divorce.
Verification   
-  The Verification is a notarized statement swearing that the Complaint is true and correct.
Acknowledgment of Service
-  The Ack. Svc. is signed by the Defendant/Respondant indicating receipt of the Complaint.
Consent to Jurisdiction
-  The Consent to Jurisdiction states that the Defendant/Respondent acknowledges the power of the court.
Consent to Venue
-  The Consent to Venue states that the Defendant/Respondent accepts the county as the correct location for a divorce to take place.
Consent to Try
-  The Consent to Try states that the court may enter the divorce without a hearing and is signed by both parties.
Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings
-  The MJOP asks the court to enter the divorce without a hearing, and based solely on the documents filed.
Rule Nisi
-  A Rule Nisi is a proposed order to the court which will set a hearing date for the divorce.
Final Order of Divorce
-  The Final Order for Divorce is the proposed order that the court will sign entering the divorce.

SUBSTANTIVE Forms

Settlement Agreement
-  The Settlement Agreement spells out the division of property between the divorcing parties.

(And the following two document where there are minor children born as a result of the marriage)
Parenting Plan
-  The Parenting Plan spells out the custody arrangements (legal and physical) and visitation rights to the child of the parties.
Child Support Addendum
- the Child Support Addendum spells out the terms of child support.
Child Support Worksheet
- The Child Support Worksheet (and Schedules) documents the calculation of the child support obligation.