Joint Petition for Dissolution of Marriage Request Form
This is a joint process, so no individual attorney-client privilege exists between spouses using this joint process. Please note that the spouse completing the form acknowledges and agrees that no attorney-client privilege exists between the spouse completing this form, and their spouse, concerning the information provided to Attorney. The information contained in this form, and provided to attorney by either spouse, may be provided to the other spouse, as part of this Joint Petition Process. The other Spouse must jointly agree to use, and actively participate in, this Joint Petition for Dissolution of Marriage process.
Will your spouse agree to participate in the Joint Dissolution Process?
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Yes
No
Have you or your spouse lived in California for the past six months?
Yes
No
Have you or your spouse lived in a California County for the past three months?
Yes
No
Which California County are you filing this Joint Dissolution petition in? (If you both live in different counties, select one to use for filing.)
Full Legal Name
First Name
Last Name
Your Email Address
example@example.com
Your Phone Number
Please enter a valid phone number.
Format: (000) 000-0000.
Your Mailing Address
Street Address
Street Address Line 2
City
State / Province
Postal / Zip Code
Spouse's Legal Name
First Name
Last Name
Spouse's Phone Number
Please enter a valid phone number.
Format: (000) 000-0000.
Spouse's Email Address
example@example.com
Spouse's Mailing Address
Street Address
Street Address Line 2
City
State / Province
Postal / Zip Code
Date of marriage you both agree on
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Month
-
Day
Year
Date
Date of separation you both agree on
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Month
-
Day
Year
Date
Do you or your own real property (including separate property)?
Yes
No
If you or your spouse own real property, what is the Real Property Address: (If multiple properties, please first identify the main marital family residence).
Street Address
Street Address Line 2
City
State / Province
Postal / Zip Code
List any additional real property addresses that you and your spouse own below:
Do you or your spouse want spousal support?
Yes
No
What is your current monthly income?
What is your spouse's current monthly income?
Will you complete and exchange the required Income and Expense Declaration with your spouse? (This is a required step to get divorced).
Yes
No
Will you complete the required Declaration of Disclosure forms, including the Schedule of Assets and Debts form with your spouse? (This is a required step to get divorced).
Yes
No
Please list you and your spouses community property assets. Community property assets are those acquired from the date of marriage to the date of separation from community property funds (not inheritance or gifts). This can be completed later.
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Date Acquired
Yours
Spouse's
A. Vehicles
B. Bank accounts, savings accounts, credit union accounts
C. Investment accounts
D. Life insurance policies (with cash surrender value)
E. Retirement accounts, 401ks, profit sharing plans
F. Business interests
G. Other assets
H. Pet animals
I. Household furniture, appliances
J. Jewelry, antiques, art
Please list you and your spouses separate assets. Separate property assets are those acquired before the date of marriage and after date of separation, or from separate property sources such as inheritance or gifts. This can be completed later.
Rows
Date Acquired
Yours
Spouse's
A. Vehicles
B. Bank accounts, savings accounts, credit union accounts
C. Investment accounts
D. Life insurance policies (with cash surrender value)
E. Retirement accounts, 401ks, profit sharing plans
F. Business interests
G. Other assets
H. Pet animals
I. Household furniture, appliances
J. Jewelry, antiques, art
Did you and your spouse have a child, or children together?
Yes
No
Rows
Name
Date of Birth
Year in School
Child 1
Child 2
Child 3
Child 4
Child 5
What is the current custodial arrangement you and your spouse have been using, or wish to use when you live separate and apart?
Would you, or your spouse, want to have their former name restored? If yes, what is the full name to be restored?
Yes
No
Would you, or your spouse, want to have their former name restored? If yes, what is the full name to be restored?
Are you and your spouse entering into the process voluntarily, free from coercion and without exerting any coercion, free from duress, and without anything else promised or offered from your spouse outside of what you both agree to in this Joint Dissolution process?
Yes
No
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