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An uncontested divorce occurs when you and your spouse agree on the issues and draft your own divorce settlement. SInce you can compromise and create your settlement together, this is more likely to result in an outcome that's right for your family?as long as you and your spouse can find a way to work together.

Your spouse cannot stop you from getting a divorce by refusing to "sign the divorce papers." If you can prove that you have grounds for divorce under Louisiana law, you can get a divorce. It is the Judge and not your spouse, who decides to grant you a divorce.

Beginning in August 2014, a person can obtain an immediate divorce if a Protective Order has been issued against the other spouse. The Court has to find that the other spouse has physically or sexually abused the spouse seeking the divorce or a child of the marriage.

And when a couple gets divorced in Louisiana, the judge will divide their community property equally, unless the spouses have agreed to a different way of splitting up their assets and debts. But each spouse will keep their own separate property.

With few exceptions, the court will first value all of a couple's community property and assets. Those assets are then divided so that each spouse receives one-half of all their community property. In some cases, the court may order that certain assets be sold and the proceeds be split equally between the two spouses.

Yes, Louisiana is a community property state along with eight other U.S. states. This means that in Louisiana, like in other community property states, most property acquired by a married couple is considered jointly owned by both spouses and is subject to a 50/50 property division in the event of a divorce.