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'''Step Three'''
<blockquote>Serve your ex with your Notice of Family Claim. You cannot serve your ex yourself; , ''you must arrange for someone else to do it''. Give the person who will be your process server two copies of your Notice of Family Claim, along with a photograph of your ex. The process server will serve one copy of the materials your Notice of Family Claim on your ex, and will use the photograph and the remaining copy of your Notice of Family Claim in their Affidavit of Personal Service to prove that your ex was served.</blockquote>
'''Step Four'''
'''Step Five'''
<blockquote>Prepare Assuming your ex hasn't filed a Response to Family Claim or Counterclaim, prepare a Requisition asking the court for the divorce order, your Divorce Affidavit in support of the application, a draft of the order you want the court to make, and the Registrar's Certificate. If you have children, you will also have to prepare a Child Support Affidavit, which sets out the details of your income and your spouse's income and the terms on which child support will (or won't) be paid.</blockquote>
'''Step Six'''
<blockquote>Go to the court registry where you filed your materials atNotice of Family Claim, and file your Requisition, your Affidavit, your Child Support Affidavit if required, your Registrar's Certificate, your draft order, and your process server's Affidavit of Personal Service. Pay the $80 court fee.</blockquote>
'''Step Seven'''
<blockquote>Start calling the court registry to see whether your order is ready for you to pick-up. This should take four to eight weeks, depending on how busy the court is. When your order is ready, go to the courthouse to get the entered order, and then mail a copy to your ex.</blockquote>
Once you've got your entered divorce order and 31 days have passedfrom the date the order was made, you are officially divorced, and you have a court order bearing the seal of the court to prove it. Some people may find that a Certificate of Divorce is necessary in order to remarry. If you wish to get this Certificate, this is what you must do:
'''Step Nine'''
<blockquote>Wait 32 days from the date the divorce order was made. (The date will be shown on the first page of the order.)</blockquote>
'''Step Ten'''