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If you and your spouse are pursuing an uncontested dissolution, you can file a joint complaint together with the court and there is no need to serve your spouse with any papers. If you are filing on your own without your spouse as a joint petitioner, you need to provide service of process.
The filing fee for a contested divorce is around $160, and the filing fee for an uncontested divorce is $150. You may also have to pay additional fees for copies, certificates, or motions. Service fee: This is the fee that you have to pay to the person or service that delivers the divorce papers to your spouse.
There is a 60-day waiting period in Mississippi. After filing for a no-fault divorce based on irreconcilable differences, the court may not take any action for 60 days. During that time, you may submit an agreement if you have resolved the issues. After 60 days, the court will review your settlement agreement.
In order to file an irreconcilable differences divorce, it is mandatory that both spouses mutually consent.
If your spouse contests the divorce, then you may have a series of court appearances to sort the issues out. Also, if a certain period of time passes and your spouse does not sign the papers or file any papers of his/her own, you may be able to proceed with the divorce as an uncontested divorce anyway.
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But if youre interested electronic filing, check with the court clerks office to see if that service is available in the county. Be aware that there are court fees for filing legal papers. As of 2022, the filing fee for divorce in Mississippi was $148 for an uncontested divorce and $158 for a contested one.
Divorce Separation ItemFee Uncontested (Joint) $148.00 Uncontested Divorce Masters Fee (Separate Check) $20.00 Contested $158.00 Separate Maintenance $158.00

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