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How to get a divorce?

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In the US, divorce laws and procedures vary from state to state. Generally speaking, the divorce process is started by one (or both) parties filing a petition for divorce with the Court in the county they live in as well as serving the divorce petition upon their spouse. Each state, and even each county with each state, has a different way of going about things from there.

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