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The timeline for an Idaho divorce can vary. There is a 21-day waiting period after your spouse is served with papers before your divorce becomes final, but often it takes longer than this time to dissolve your marriage. If you are involved in a contested divorce, the process could take six or more months to resolve.

Conclusion. Filing for divorce involves several important steps you will need to follow to ensure that you abide by Idaho's procedure. The 2022 court filing fee is $207 and the waiting period to receive a final divorce decree from an Idaho court is a minimum of 21 days after the filing and service of process.

Obtaining an Idaho divorce decree requires contacting the clerk in the county where the divorce was granted. To find the location and contact details of a county clerk, use the County Clerk List provided by the Idaho Administration and Elections Office.

To divorce by stipulation, you and your spouse must agree about the reason why your marriage ended. It's very common for spouses to cite irreconcilable differences as the cause of their divorce, because it's a non-specific way of saying that the marriage broke down and can't be saved. (Idaho Code § 32-616 (2020).)

Amending a divorce decree is achieved by a petition for a post-divorce modification. However, the courts will not consider a modification unless there has been a significant change in circumstances that is both lasting and impacts the ability of one or both parties to comply with the original order.

Serving Divorce Paperwork in Idaho If your spouse is not willing to cooperate, you need someone over 18 in the county where your spouse lives to serve divorce papers. Typically, a sheriff or professional process server does this for a fee.