State guides
Residency, waiting periods, property regime, default custody framework, court fees — a plain-English overview for each state. State-specific procedural detail.
AK
Alaska
Residency at filing, no statutory wait for dissolution, equitable distribution, and Alaska's best-interest custody — what Alaska divorce assumes.
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AL
Alabama
Residency, the 30-day decree floor, equitable distribution, and Alabama's joint-custody preference — what Alabama divorce assumes, in plain English.
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AR
Arkansas
Residency, the 30-day floor, equitable distribution, and Arkansas's best-interest custody — what Arkansas divorce assumes, in plain English.
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AZ
Arizona
Residency, the 60-day cooling-off, community property, and Arizona's legal decision-making and parenting time — what Arizona divorce assumes.
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CA
California
Residency, the six-month waiting period, community property, and joint custody as the default — what California divorce assumes, in plain English.
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CO
Colorado
Residency, the 91-day cooling-off, equitable distribution, and Colorado's allocation of parental responsibilities — what Colorado divorce assumes.
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CT
Connecticut
Residency, the 90-day cooling-off, all-property equitable distribution, and Connecticut's best-interest custody — what Connecticut divorce assumes.
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DE
Delaware
Residency, the 6-month separation, equitable distribution, and Delaware's best-interest custody — what Delaware divorce assumes, in plain English.
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FL
Florida
Residency, the 20-day minimum, equitable distribution, and Florida's 'parental responsibility' framework — what Florida divorce assumes, in plain English.
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GA
Georgia
Residency, the 30-day decree floor, equitable division, and Georgia's best-interest custody factors — what Georgia divorce assumes, in plain English.
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HI
Hawaii
Residency, no mandatory wait, equitable distribution under the partnership model, and Hawaii's best-interest custody — what Hawaii divorce assumes.
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IA
Iowa
Residency, the 90-day cooling-off, equitable distribution, and Iowa's joint-custody preference — what Iowa divorce assumes, in plain English.
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ID
Idaho
Residency, the 21-day floor, community property, and Idaho's joint-custody preference — what Idaho divorce assumes, in plain English.
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IL
Illinois
Residency, no mandatory waiting period for no-fault, equitable distribution, and 'parental responsibilities' — what Illinois divorce assumes, in plain English.
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IN
Indiana
Residency, the 60-day cooling-off, one-pot property, and Indiana's best-interest custody factors — what Indiana divorce assumes, in plain English.
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KS
Kansas
Residency, the 60-day cooling-off, equitable distribution, and Kansas's best-interest custody framework — what Kansas divorce assumes, in plain English.
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KY
Kentucky
Residency, the 60-day cooling-off, equitable distribution, and Kentucky's joint-custody and equal-parenting-time presumption — what KY divorce assumes.
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LA
Louisiana
Residency, the 180- or 365-day separation, community property, and Louisiana's joint-custody preference — what Louisiana divorce assumes, in plain English.
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MA
Massachusetts
Residency, the nisi period, equitable distribution, and Massachusetts's all-property approach — what Massachusetts divorce assumes, in plain English.
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MD
Maryland
Residency, the 6-month separation or mutual consent path, equitable distribution, and Maryland's best-interest custody — what Maryland divorce assumes.
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ME
Maine
Residency, the 60-day wait, equitable distribution, and Maine's parental rights & responsibilities framework — what Maine divorce assumes, in plain English.
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MI
Michigan
Residency, the 60- or 180-day wait, equitable distribution, and Michigan's 12-factor best-interest test — what Michigan divorce assumes, in plain English.
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MN
Minnesota
Residency, irretrievable breakdown without a statutory wait, equitable distribution, and Minnesota's 12-factor custody test — what Minnesota divorce assumes.
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MO
Missouri
Residency, the 30-day decree floor, equitable distribution, and Missouri's best-interest custody — what Missouri divorce assumes, in plain English.
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MS
Mississippi
Residency, irreconcilable differences with a 60-day floor, equitable distribution, and Mississippi's Albright custody factors — what MS divorce assumes.
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MT
Montana
Residency, the 20-day floor + 180-day separation, equitable distribution, and Montana's parenting plan — what Montana divorce assumes, in plain English.
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NC
North Carolina
The mandatory 1-year separation, equitable distribution, best-interest custody, and the separate-but-linked claims structure — what NC divorce assumes.
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ND
North Dakota
Residency, no statutory waiting period, equitable distribution, and North Dakota's parental rights framework — what ND divorce assumes, in plain English.
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NE
Nebraska
Residency, the 60-day cooling-off, equitable distribution, and Nebraska's parenting-plan framework — what Nebraska divorce assumes, in plain English.
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NH
New Hampshire
Residency, no statutory wait, equitable distribution with an equal-division presumption, and NH's parental rights framework — what NH divorce assumes.
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NJ
New Jersey
Residency, irreconcilable differences with a 6-month period, equitable distribution, and NJ's best-interest custody factors — what NJ divorce assumes.
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NM
New Mexico
Residency, incompatibility as no-fault, community property, and New Mexico's joint-custody preference — what New Mexico divorce assumes, in plain English.
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NV
Nevada
Residency, no statutory wait, community property, and Nevada's joint-physical-custody framework — what Nevada divorce assumes, in plain English.
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NY
New York
Residency, equitable distribution, the best-interest custody standard, and why uncontested NY divorces still take months — in plain English.
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OH
Ohio
Residency, divorce vs. dissolution, equitable distribution, and Ohio's allocation of parental rights — what Ohio divorce assumes, in plain English.
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OK
Oklahoma
Residency, the 10- or 90-day wait, equitable distribution, and Oklahoma's best-interest custody — what Oklahoma divorce assumes, in plain English.
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OR
Oregon
Residency, no mandatory waiting period, equitable distribution, and Oregon's best-interest custody framework — what Oregon divorce assumes, in plain English.
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PA
Pennsylvania
Residency, the 90-day mutual-consent path, equitable distribution, and the 16-factor custody test — what Pennsylvania divorce assumes, in plain English.
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RI
Rhode Island
Residency, the nominal-then-absolute decree structure, equitable distribution, and RI's best-interest custody — what Rhode Island divorce assumes.
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SC
South Carolina
Residency, the 1-year separation for no-fault, equitable apportionment, and best-interest custody — what South Carolina divorce assumes, in plain English.
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SD
South Dakota
Residency, the 60-day cooling-off, equitable distribution, and South Dakota's best-interest custody — what South Dakota divorce assumes, in plain English.
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TN
Tennessee
Residency, the 60-or-90-day cooling-off, equitable distribution, and Tennessee's permanent parenting plan — what Tennessee divorce assumes.
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TX
Texas
Residency, the 60-day cooling-off, community property, JMC and the Standard Possession Order — what Texas divorce assumes, in plain English.
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UT
Utah
Residency, the 30-day cooling-off, equitable distribution, and Utah's joint-custody factors — what Utah divorce assumes, in plain English.
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VA
Virginia
Residency, the 6-month or 1-year separation, equitable distribution, and Virginia's 10-factor best-interest test — what Virginia divorce assumes.
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VT
Vermont
Residency, the nominal/final decree gap, all-property equitable distribution, and Vermont's parental rights framework — what Vermont divorce assumes.
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WA
Washington
Residency, the 90-day cooling-off, community property, and Washington's parenting-plan framework — what Washington divorce assumes, in plain English.
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WI
Wisconsin
Residency, the 120-day cooling-off, marital property with equal-division presumption, and Wisconsin's legal custody and placement framework.
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WV
West Virginia
Residency, irreconcilable differences, equitable distribution, and West Virginia's caretaking-function custody — what WV divorce assumes, in plain English.
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WY
Wyoming
Residency, the 20-day floor, equitable distribution, and Wyoming's best-interest custody — what Wyoming divorce assumes, in plain English.
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