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#when you have other issues, but those have been settled, either through a separation agreement or an agreement about the terms of a consent order.
In the first <span class="noglossary">case</span>, a desk order application will be for a divorce alone. In the second <span class="noglossary">case</span>, a desk order application will be an application for a divorce plus ''corollary relief'', that is, orders apart from the divorce order itself, such as orders dealing with care of children, support, or the division of assets.
Most court proceedings go like this: the claimant files a Notice of Family Claim and serves it on the respondent; the respondent then files a Response to Family Claim and sometimes a Counterclaim. If the respondent fails to file a Response to Family Claim, the claimant's court proceeding is said to be ''uncontested''. This means that the respondent is assumed to either agree with the relief sought by the claimant or to have chosen not to defend the claim. In such circumstances, the claimant is free to seek a ''default judgment'' against the respondent.