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IMPORTANT! If you were served with a "Summons and Petition for Dissolution of Marriage" you must respond within 30 days, or a"default" divorce judgment may be entered against you.

If your spouse was personally served with the divorce papers, your spouse has 30 days to respond or object. To object to something in your divorce forms, your spouse will need to serve you with a form called an Answer (and they will file this with the court, too).

If your spouse doesn't file a response within 30 days of being served, you can ask the court for a default. This means asking the court to decide the case without your spouse's input. In a divorce by default, the court will make decisions based on the information you file and what the law says.

You have 60 days to either locate your spouse and serve them or to file a motion to Serve by Publication or Posting. If you can't do one or the other within 60 days of filing for the divorce, you will need to register for an extension.

To get divorced in MN, at least one of the spouses must be living in MN for a minimum of 180 days (or you or your spouse must be a member of the armed forces and that person must have kept their MN residency), and you must file court forms with the district court in the county where one of the spouses is living.

If you would like to have a civil marriage ceremony in the courthouse, you must contact a judge who can perform a wedding ceremony. Minnesota does not have any Justices of the Peace. Search or call the judge's chambers to schedule your ceremony or see their listed numbers online.