A surprise...
I had a court hearing today for my divorce. Now, since I don't have a lawyer and had to do all of this myself, I have practically been in the dark and severely under-prepared for everything court related. This is where I became confused about today:
The judge I was assigned to was the Honorable Judge O'Brien (Irish of course!). Since Sarah didn't contest, I filed for default and was given a default hearing under the Honorable Judge Connors. My logic said, "This must be a hearing so that I can file for default. This can't be the final hearing. I'm assigned to a different judge. There must be one last step." There isn't.
When I walked out of the court room I went to see legal resources to ask what the next step in this ridiculous process is, and the aid looked at me like I was an idiot and said, "There is no next step. You're divorced. In five days you can pick up the Judgement of Divorce papers and be on your way."
So yeah, crazy.
The judge I was assigned to was the Honorable Judge O'Brien (Irish of course!). Since Sarah didn't contest, I filed for default and was given a default hearing under the Honorable Judge Connors. My logic said, "This must be a hearing so that I can file for default. This can't be the final hearing. I'm assigned to a different judge. There must be one last step." There isn't.
When I walked out of the court room I went to see legal resources to ask what the next step in this ridiculous process is, and the aid looked at me like I was an idiot and said, "There is no next step. You're divorced. In five days you can pick up the Judgement of Divorce papers and be on your way."
So yeah, crazy.