Verify the marriage and venue
Confirm domicile, parish, marriage date, covenant status, last shared residence, and any existing family proceedings.
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Choose the divorce route from the marriage type, domicile, separation chronology, children, service posture, grounds, and unresolved custody, support, property, or safety issues.
Confirm domicile, parish, marriage date, covenant status, last shared residence, and any existing family proceedings.
Record the last cohabitation date, any reconciliation issue, filing and service dates, and whether minor children affect the applicable period.
The filing sequence and proof differ depending on whether the separation period was completed before the petition.
Custody, support, use of property, injunctions, community-property partition, and other relief should be separately identified and calendared.
These are screening routes—not conclusions. Each route identifies limiting facts, opposing positions, proof, authority, and potential document types. Personalized documents require a paid scope.
Start the divorce, preserve service proof, and calendar the later rule-to-show-cause stage.
Request route-specific helpAfter the required period, assemble the correct rule, service, separation, and non-reconciliation proof.
Request route-specific helpUse the no-fault route when continuous separation was already complete before suit.
Request route-specific helpCalculate the statutory period from the correct event and document whether minor children trigger the longer period.
Request route-specific helpAssess whether competent proof supports the statutory ground and whether pursuing it changes support or litigation strategy.
Request route-specific helpConfirm the conviction and sentence match the exact statutory ground.
Request route-specific helpPresent the statutory divorce ground and coordinate immediate safety, custody, support, and evidence needs.
Request route-specific helpDetermine whether a final protective order or injunction satisfies the exact statutory divorce ground.
Request route-specific helpSource set reviewed 2026-10-07. Read the current text, local orders, and the filed record before acting.