Superior Court >Self- Service Center >Forms >Family Court HOW TO GET A DEFAULT DECREE WHEN NO MINOR CHILDREN ARE INVOLVED

ATTENTION: Use the forms on this page only if the following factors apply to your situation:

• You have filed a petition for divorce, legal separation OR annulment AND,
• You and your spouse have no minor children with each other AND the wife is not pregnant by the husband or will not be pregnant by the husband before the case is over AND,
• You served your spouse with the court papers. The affidavit proving the type and date of service has been filed with the Clerk of the Court AND,
• Your spouse did not file a written Response within the time frame set by law. (You can check the court file to be sure this is true) AND,
• You want to proceed with the case and get a default decree (court order).

This packet contains general information and/or court forms and instructions about how to get a default hearing when your spouse did not respond. Be sure the documents are in the following order:

Packets contain ALL forms and ALL instructions needed for this process. Where there are separate packets for Instructions and Forms, get BOTH packets.

Packets
Title	File	English	Spanish
Forms and Instructions for How to Get a Default Decree When No Minor Children Are Involved	DRDA6	PDF	PDF

The individual forms and instructions below are already included in the Packet(s) above. If you choose to download the documents individually, make sure you get ALL of the instructions and ALL of the forms.

Instructions
Order	Title	File	English	Spanish
1	Procedures: How to Apply for a Default Hearing - or Default Hearing or a Default Decree Without a Hearing (in cases without minor children)	drda60p	PDF  |  Word	PDF  |  Word
2	Default Screening Checklist	dr62k	PDF  |  Word	PDF  |  Word
3	Attending your Default Hearing -- What to do in the Courtroom	dr68p	PDF  |  Word	PDF  |  Word
4	Procedures: How to Get a Default Decree Without a Hearing	drda62p	PDF  |  Word	PDF  |  Word

Forms
Order	Title	File	English	Spanish
1	Application and Affidavit of Default	drda61f	PDF  |  Word	PDF  |  Word
2	Motion and Affidavit for Default Decree Without Hearing	drda62f	PDF  |  Word	PDF  |  Word

Available Forms