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You should ask the court to serve the papers to your spouse personally if your spouse resides in Delaware and you know your spouse's address. This means that the Petition for Divorce will be delivered to your spouse at home or the workplace by someone personally.

Delaware is an equitable distribution state. This means that the division is not 50-50, which splits everything down the middle, but rather a fair weighting of assets of debts. If one side gets the car, that side may also get the car payments.

In order to file for divorce in Delaware either you or your spouse must be a Delaware resident for at least six months. You may file in the Family Court in the county where either party resides. The most simple procedure is for an uncontested divorce.

In Delaware, getting divorced is relatively expensive. The average cost of a divorce per person in the state, including court and lawyer fees, is $12,165 ? the seventh highest among all states. Nationwide, the average cost of a divorce per person is $9,969.

In Delaware, the timing of a divorce is as follows: First there must be a separation of at least 6 months. After that, because most divorce proceedings are uncontested ? no fault ? the divorce can occur within 2-3 weeks, once jurisdictional requirements are met.

The court won't issue a divorce decree until you and your spouse have been separated for a least six months. However, if the divorce is based on misconduct, the law waives the six-month separation requirement. Note that you and your spouse can live in the same premises and still be considered separated.