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To proceed with an uncontested divorce, you and your spouse must come to a settlement agreement. You must agree on the terms of your divorce, including property, asset, and debt division, child custody (if applicable), and alimony. Without agreeing on all of these terms, the divorce cannot be considered uncontested.

This form is used as a report of divorce or annulment for the Department of Health-Division of Vital Records in Richmond, Virginia. The information contained in this form is used for statistical purposes by the State. No Final Order of Divorce will be entered by the Court without a completed VS-4 form.

Once you have been separated for six months or one year, the steps in an uncontested divorce can be completed relatively quickly. Depending on how fast you can agree on and sign a property settlement agreement and the judge's availability, your divorce can be finalized in approximately one to two months.

The basic form that you'll need to prepare will be the divorce complaint, which tells the court what you're requesting in your divorce. When filing for an uncontested divorce, you will also include your settlement agreement and a proposed final divorce decree that matches the provisions in your agreement.

You mail the papers by first-class mail together with (1) two copies of the ?Notice and Acknowledgement of Service? form and (2) a return envelope, postage pre-paid, addressed to you. Your spouse must sign the acknowledgement in order for this to be valid service.

The divorce papers can be posted on the defendant's door and sent to the defendant via first class mail. 4. The papers can be served on the defendant by mail alone, if the defendant will accept and sign for them upon delivery.