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Most of the time, couples who choose to divorce follow through on the divorce. It is uncommon for couples to decide to cancel the divorce or undo the divorce filing. If you and your partner are currently opting to fix your marriage rather than abandon it, and there are children involved, you can undo the divorce. However, there are several steps that need to be taken before moving forward with not divorcing.
Contact Your Lawyers and Inform Them of Your Decision
If one or both of you has a divorce lawyer, you need to contact the them immediately. With your impending final divorce decree, your lawyers will need to scramble to stall the hearing. They need at least a few days' notice to accomplish this.
If There Are Children, a Suspension of Child Support Is Needed
If your spouse is moving back into the marital home, there is no need to continue with child support since your spouse will be providing support while staying in the home. A court document that orders a suspension of child support until the two of you figure out how this is going to pan out is necessary. Otherwise, your spouse's check will continue to be docked for child support by the state and the money deposited with you. Of course, if you have the tiniest inkling that the divorce may occur in the future, you can just agree to keep the child support situation as it is until it is certain that the divorce is not going to happen.
A Reconciliation Document Needs to Be Filed
Besides stalling the hearing for divorce, your lawyers will need to file a reconciliation document. This document tells the family court judge that you will not be following through the divorce at this time and that you and your spouse are going to attempt to patch things up. Unless you revisit this document in "x" number of days or months, the reconciliation document often nullifies the divorce. All documents are placed on file at the county courthouse.
You Still Need to Pay Your Lawyers
Even if you never divorce going forward, you still need to pay your lawyers. They performed services for you and your spouse, and they should be paid. If things are financially difficult after almost divorcing and then not divorcing, discuss a payment plan with the lawyers so that they can be paid what is due to them.
Share10 November 2019
