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Publication Divorce in Cook County-MLG LAW GROUP

In all divorce cases, a person must serve their spouse with the divorce petition. This means that they are giving their spouse legal notice that they have filed a divorce case.
If you cannot find your spouse to serve them with the divorce papers, then you can serve by publication. You do this by publishing a notice in the local newspaper. Each county is different. Contact your county's circuit clerk to find out which newspaper to publish the notice in.
You can only use service by publication if you could not find your spouse after making good efforts to find them. This includes:
  • Asking your spouse's family members, friends or coworkers if they know how to find your spouse
  • Searching the internet
The court will ask you what you did so write down everything you did to try to find your spouse.
Note: If the spouse is not found by the time that the judge grants the divorce, the judge cannot decide on:
If you find your spouse later, you can go back to court to have those issues decided.
But even if your spouse is still missing, you can ask the court to award you responsibility for your child (custody), if the child lives with you.

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