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Indiana Supreme Court
Division of State Court Administration
30 S. Meridian St., Suite 500
Indianapolis, IN 46204

Pho: 317.234.3180

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Step 1: Who should use this packet

You should use this form packet if you want to divorce your spouse AND:

1. You have lived in Indiana for at least the past six months and in your current county for at least the past three months;
2. You have no biological or adopted minor children with your spouse;
3. You are not currently pregnant with your spouse’s child, or your spouse is not pregnant with your child;
4. Neither you nor your spouse is currently in the military; and
5. You and your spouse agree on how all property should be divided.

If either you or your spouse is in the military, or if you or your spouse is pregnant, DO NOT use this form packet. There are special issues in your case that these forms do not address, and you need to seek legal advice from a lawyer.

If you are seeking a Protective Order, you may obtain a form from the Clerk of the Court or obtain it from the Indiana Supreme Court's Protection Order page. A Petition for a Protective Order must be filed as a separate case from this dissolution matter.

Step 2: Choose a Form Packet

Forms are available in two formats: (1) electronic fillable, and (2) printable.  If you prefer to type your answers on the computer in an easy-to-use questionnaire and then print completed forms, choose the electronic fillable packet.  When you answer the questions, the forms will be filled in automatically.  If you prefer to complete the forms by hand following printed instructions, choose the printable packet.

Once the packet is completed, you must print the forms, sign the forms, make copies, and take them to the Clerk of the Court.  Review your local court rules to find out how many copies you will need, and any additional forms or procedures required in your county.

Step 3: Printing your Completed Forms & Understanding Confidentiality

By law, court records are available to the public, and upon request anyone can look in almost any court file. Courts that have the ability to post court information on the Internet may post non-confidential court information on the Internet. The law also provides that certain information must remain confidential even if it is part of a court record. Such confidential information must be filed on light green paper so that everyone can easily identify it and not release it to the public. It is important that you know what information is confidential and that you submit it to the court on light green paper.

Confidential information that should be filed on green paper includes:

• Social Security numbers
• Bank account numbers
• Tax records
• PIN numbers
• Medical records
• Child abuse records
  

You must file one version of the document on white paper WITHOUT the confidential information included, and you must file another copy of the same document, but this time you have to print it on light green paper WITH the confidential information included. Before you file your court papers, review the list of information and documents that are confidential as outlined in Administrative Rule 9.

To file a copy of this packet that excludes the confidential information, you may:

1. Skip the questions that require you to enter confidential information as outlined in Administrative Rule 9, print the packet, and then complete those questions you skipped and print the packet again. Then have any sheets containing confidential information photocopied onto light green paper; or
2. Complete the forms packet, print it, then have any sheets containing confidential information photocopied onto light green paper. Then, on the forms printed on white paper, black out any confidential information with a magic marker.

Step 4: File your Completed Forms

• Take the originals and copies of your forms to the Clerk of the Court in the county where you (or your spouse) have lived for at least the last three months.
• Keep the Verified Waiver of Final Hearing and Settlement Agreement and Decree of Dissolution of Marriage in a safe place, because you will need to file them later.

The Clerk will provide the case number and process the forms. The Clerk will stamp the forms with a filing date and give you back a copy. Mail a stamped copy of the forms to your spouse’s attorney, or to your spouse if he or she does not have an attorney. Indiana law (IC 31-15-2-10) requires that you must wait at least 60 days after you file the papers to finish your divorce.

Step 5: Finish your divorce

After 60 days, take to the Clerk of the Court

• The originals and copies of
  • the signed Waiver of Final Hearing and
  • the Settlement Agreement and Decree of Dissolution of Marriage
• Two self-addressed stamped envelopes: one addressed to you and one addressed to your spouse’s attorney, or to your spouse if he or she does not have an attorney

The Clerk will file-stamp the forms.

• Mail a copy of the Waiver of Final Hearing to your spouse’s attorney, or to your spouse if he or she does not have an attorney on the day you file it.

The Judge will sign the Settlement Agreement and Decree of Dissolution of Marriage and you will get divorced without a hearing. You will receive a copy of the Settlement Agreement and Decree of Dissolution of Marriage in the mail once the Judge has signed it. If it has been several weeks since you filed the Settlement Agreement and Decree of Dissolution of Marriage and still have not received your decree in the mail, call the Court and ask for a copy.

You are divorced when the judge signs the Decree of Dissolution. You should not get re-married until you have a copy of the Decree of Dissolution signed by the Judge.

I have read the instructions and I am ready to complete the forms: