No Fault Divorce Self-Help Brochure - VaLegalAid.org

1 WHAT IS. ONLINE DO-IT- YOURSELF FORMS. FOR VIRGINIA. is a free website THIS DO IT YOURSELF . that offers legal Self-Help NO Fault Divorce . information in the civil law areas TOOL IS NOW. AVAILABLE STATEWIDE. that lower and moderate income Virginians most often confront. It also provides referrals to legal aid Please note that this program pro- vides legal information and will pro- programs, lawyer referral services duce forms that you can use to file for a simple, no Fault Divorce in AN EASY TO USE GUIDE. and court services, and other Virginia. You will not be able to use relevant information for low and this program if your Divorce has any TO HELP YOU FILE FOR A. moderate income Virginians seeking one of a number of complicating legal services. factors. NO Fault Divorce IN. In all cases, it is best to consult with VIRGINIA.

2 To use , simply go to an attorney before you file anything in court. Information on how to find the website, , an attorney is also provided through and click on one of the 16 subject this program. areas on which you are looking for Forms and other information are help. Resources will then appear for available online at: the subject area that you clicked. This project is made possible by: Blue Ridge Legal Services Central Virginia Legal Aid Society Legal Services Corporation Legal Services of Northern Virginia ON THE WEB AT: Southwest Virginia Legal Aid Society Virginia Legal Aid Society The housing law and family and Virginia Poverty Law Center domestic law topics on are two of the most visited sections of the site. CREATING NO Fault Divorce . DOCUMENTS ONLINE. Defines Important Terms. With the click of the mouse you can find legal definitions Y OU CA N C RE AT E Y O U R OW N and other helpful information.

3 NO FAU LT DI V O RC E Provides Detailed Instructions. Along with D O CUM E NT S U SI NG A N the documents generated for filing for your What is a no Fault Divorce ? ON LI N E GUI D E D I NT E R VI E W - no Fault Divorce , the program provides a You may be able to file for a no Fault I F Y OU H AV E B E E N packet of detailed instructions to help you Divorce if you have lived physically S E PA R AT E D L O NG E N OU GH navigate the Divorce process. separate and apart from your spouse for either: AN D TH ER E A R EN' T A NY Directs you to the Legal Aid Hotline. If at DI S PU T E S.* any point during the interview, the pro- six months (if you do not have any children under the age of 18 and The no Fault Divorce documents are gram tells you that you do not qualify to have signed a written separation created through LawHelp Interactive.)

4 Use it, the program will direct you to the agreement dividing your property and resolving all other issues relat- You can access it by going to Legal Aid hotline: 866-534-5243. ing to your marriage, including Once Confidential. You can save your work and spousal support). you go to that page, simply click the go back to it later on. Just make sure that one year (if you and your spouse green box beside Do It Yourself you create an account when you are first have minor children , even if you Divorce or click the heading itself, and directed to LawHelp Interactive and that have entered into a written separation agreement) it will take you to the LawHelp you have an e-mail address. The program Interactive No Fault Divorce interview will keep your work confidential by allowing This separation must be continuous, site where you will begin the process of you to create and use a password to get without interruption, without cohabitation and with the intent that creating your materials for the no Fault back to anything you save.

5 The separation be permanent. Divorce packet. The process will be in In a no Fault Divorce , you do not have the form of an easy-to-use guided *This program can be used only for the to prove that your spouse did interview. simplest divorces. If your Divorce is something wrong, like adultery or desertion. Question and Answer Format. The complicated, the program will not let you program asks simple questions and proceed, but will instead direct you to your uses your answers to create the legal local Legal Aid office. forms you need.