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Complete the South Carolina Self-Represented Litigant Simple Divorce Packets online using a free, interactive program provided by South Carolina Legal Services. This program allows you to quickly and easily complete the divorce packet by answering simple questions online. Visit .lawhelp.org/sc for more information.

In South Carolina, the ways to serve your spouse are: Delivering the documents yourself if your spouse will sign an ?Acceptance of Service? form. Any third party, such as a sheriff or a process server, who is 18 years or older can hand-deliver the divorce forms to your spouse.

Attend the Hearing and Finalize Your Divorce In South Carolina, you'll need to attend a court hearing to finalize your divorce. But with a simple divorce, your spouse won't have to attend. Before the hearing, complete a Final Order of Divorce and a Report of Divorce or Annulment.

If you're the plaintiff, the forms you'll need to complete include: the Complaint for Divorce. a Summons for Divorce. a Financial Declaration (which must be signed in front of a notary) the Family Court Cover Sheet, and. a Certificate of Exemption.

The court requires proof of more than one act in violence, unless that one act is severe. Sometimes this is difficult to prove because there are no witnesses to the abuse. It is important to note that mental and emotional abuse are not grounds for divorce in South Carolina.

If you want to get a divorce without your spouse's consent in South Carolina, in most cases, you will have to show that you meet one of the state's four legally recognized grounds for an at-fault divorce. Those grounds are: Your spouse committed adultery.