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This program will help you prepare your documents. It will ask you questions and you will enter your answers. At the end of the program, you will get a completed set of court forms with instructions that you can save and print.

Form completion time: 20 minutes to 60 minutes

You will be able to save your work in the middle of the program.

This program will help you avoid mistakes when filling out the court forms. Your case could be delayed if there are errors in your forms. If you want to download and print a PDF version, visit the the Illinois Courts Standardized State Forms website. Use Adobe Reader to fill in the PDF forms.

The button below takes you to another website to complete the guided interview. Learn more about Easy Forms.

The interview and forms are in English.

Can I use this program?

To use this program, the following must be true:

• You want to end a marriage or civil union,
• You or your spouse have lived in Illinois for at least 90 days, and
• You do not have another divorce case already filed and still pending somewhere else.

If you have minor children with your spouse, they must have lived in Illinois for the past 6 months.

If your spouse is on active duty with any branch of the US military or lives outside of the US, they must sign an Entry of Appearance form.

What do I need first?

To complete this program, you will need to know the following information:

• Date and place of your marriage or civil union,
• Date you were physically separated,
• City, county, state, and country where you were married or civilly united,
• Current home address for your spouse or other address where your spouse can be found,
• Place of employment for you and your spouse,
• Whether you or your spouse receive Social Security,
• Names and birth dates of all of the children you and your spouse have together or separately, and
• If there are other cases that involve you, your spouse, or the children of you and your spouse, you will need the case number of each, the county and state it was filed in, and whether the case is still active.

You will also need to be able to list:

• All personal property, including bank accounts, that you and your spouse got since you were married,
• All real estate that you and your spouse own or have an interest in, whether together or separately,
• All claims for money for injuries or damages that you or your spouse have suffered,
• All pension and retirement accounts that you or your spouse have, and
• All the debts that you and your spouse have made since you got married.

What documents will this create?

This program prepares the forms listed below. The forms you get will depend on your answers.

• How to Get a Divorce (No Children)
• How to Get a Divorce (with Children)
• Petition for Dissolution of Marriage/Civil Union (Divorce No Children)
• Petition for Dissolution of Marriage/Civil Union (Divorce with Children)
• Entry of Appearance (Petition for Dissolution of Marriage/Civil Union)
• Non-Marital Real Estate
• Summons Petition for Dissolution of Marriage/Civil Union
• Judgment of Dissolution of Marriage/Civil Union (Divorce No Children)
• Judgment of Dissolution of Marriage/Civil Union (Divorce with Children)
• Additional Minor Children (Divorce with Children)
• Additional Adult Children
• Additional Other Children (Divorce with Children)
• Additional Parenting Time (Divorce with Children)
• Additional Debts & Liabilities (Divorce No Children)
• Additional Debts & Liabilities (Divorce with Children)
• Additional Personal Property & Bank Accounts (Divorce No Children)
• Additional Personal Property & Bank Accounts (Divorce with Children)
• Additional Marital Real Estate
• Certification Agreement
• Letter to the Sheriff (Serving a Summons and Forms)
• How to Get an Order for Support
• Order for Support
• Support Information Sheet
• How to Fill out the Income Withholding for Support Form
• Income Withholding for Support
• Letter to Employer About Income Withholding for Support
• How to fill out the Certificate of Dissolution of Marriage/Civil Union
• Certificate of Dissolution of Marriage/Civil Union

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