Utah Uncontested Divorce 

Utah generally requires at least 30 days between filing the divorce petition and entry of the final divorce decree unless the court finds extraordinary circumstances supporting a waiver.

A fully prepared and cooperative uncontested case may therefore be completed in approximately 30 days after filing. However, no attorney can guarantee the date on which a judge will review and sign the final documents.

Timing may also be affected by service, completion of required courses, missing information, requested revisions, court workload, and whether both parties promptly complete the necessary documents.

Our goal is to prepare the case correctly from the beginning and move it through the process as efficiently as reasonably possible.

An uncontested divorce may seem relatively straightforward, but the final documents still must comply with Utah law and contain provisions the court can legally approve.

When people prepare their own divorce documents or rely on automated court forms such as OCAP, they may unknowingly include terms that are incomplete, inconsistent, legally problematic, or different from what they actually intended. A judge may refuse to sign the proposed decree, require corrected documents, or schedule a hearing to address the problem. When this occurs, a wrench is effectively thrown into the process, and the divorce usually halts while the parties attempt to fix an avoidable problem.

For example, spouses cannot simply agree to disregard Utah’s child-support laws without an appropriate legal basis. A provision that seems reasonable to the parties may still raise concerns about whether it complies with Utah law or protects the children's best interests. A judge may disagree with the child support provisions as written by the parties and summon the parties to an in-person hearing to explain, often resulting in a rejected settlement.

Similar problems can arise with custody and parent-time provisions, child-support calculations or deviations, alimony, transfer or refinance of the marital home, retirement-account division, allocation of debts, tax provisions, and language that is vague, incomplete, inconsistent, or difficult to enforce.

DIY and automated legal forms can also contain language with legal consequences that are not obvious to someone unfamiliar with family law. They may omit provisions needed to address circumstances the forms do not anticipate, or include language that unintentionally waives rights, limits future remedies, or creates obligations different from what the parties thought they were agreeing to.

When a problem is discovered after filing—or, worse, years after a decree has been entered—the consequences can include additional paperwork, delay, unexpected legal disputes, or a court hearing that might otherwise have been avoided. Once a decree has been entered, some mistakes can be difficult, expensive, or even impossible to correct.

These kinds of legal landmines are far more avoidable when the divorce documents are reviewed and prepared by an experienced family law attorney rather than generated through OCAP, DIY forms, or an automated document system.

SeegLaw provides more than document assembly. We review the parties’ agreement before filing, identify provisions that may create legal or practical problems, prepare customized legal documents, electronically file the case, and assist in moving the uncontested divorce through the Utah court system.

Most qualifying uncontested divorces can be completed without the client appearing in person at the courthouse.

SeegLaw generally handles meetings remotely, prepares and exchanges documents electronically, files documents electronically with the Utah courts, and submits the final documents for the judge’s review.

There are circumstances in which the court may require additional information, corrected documents, or a hearing. No attorney can guarantee that a particular judge will not require an appearance, but SeegLaw's uncontested filings are most often approved without the need for a court hearing.

One of the advantages of having the documents reviewed and properly prepared before submission is reducing avoidable problems that may otherwise result in delay or a court hearing.

Yes! SeegLaw represents qualifying uncontested-divorce clients throughout the State of Utah.

We assist clients in communities including Salt Lake City, Sandy, Draper, Lehi, American Fork, Pleasant Grove, Provo, Orem, Springville, Spanish Fork, Ogden, Layton, Bountiful, Logan, Tooele, Park City, Heber City, St. George, Cedar City, Vernal, Price, Richfield, Moab, and all Utah surrounding communities.

We also serve clients throughout Salt Lake, Utah, Davis, Weber, Washington, Iron, Cache, Box Elder, Tooele, Summit, Wasatch, Uintah, Duchesne, Carbon, Emery, Sevier, Sanpete, Millard, Grand, San Juan, Kane, Garfield, Wayne, Beaver, and other Utah counties.

We keep costs low for our uncontested-divorces, by handling them remotely through telephone or video meetings, email, secure document exchange, and electronic court filing.

Whether you live along the Wasatch Front, in Southern Utah, Eastern Utah, the Uinta Basin, or a rural Utah community, you generally do not need to choose an attorney simply because that attorney has an office near your courthouse.

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