How to Get Divorce in The State of Alaska?

                               How to get divorce in the State of Alaska?

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It may be quite easy and less cumbersome in getting married in the State of Alaska. But, getting a divorce from your spouse is somewhat difficult and a cumbersome process with its attendant evils and effects.

In a marriage, it simply results in the union of a male and a female legally, only with a prospect of a bright future and a rosy picture of life; whereas in a divorce, it leads to the heartbreaking separation of two souls, hitherto lived and shared their life so happily and intimately, besides leading to the question of division of their properties, the question of providing alimony, the question of custody and visitation of their children etc.

Eligibility criteria and the process of applying for a divorce in the State of Alaska:-

If you want to get divorce from your spouse, the foremost condition that you must fulfill is that as an applicant for divorce, you must be a resident of the state, even if the marriage has not been solemnized there. But how long you have been a resident of the State of Alaska is immaterial for filing a divorce petition.

Generally, a divorce application may be divided into two large categories:

1) Seeking divorce on no-fault condition (divorce for mental incompatibility):-This divorce application is generally known as a divorce petition, wherein you are a petitioner and your spouse is a respondent. Under this condition, you can file a petition seeking divorce only if the marriage is irretrievably or irremediably broken down and there is no scope for any reunion between the spouses. When the divorce is granted it is called as the ‘decree of divorce’. Sometimes, this type of petition is filed by both the spouses jointly.

2) Seeking divorce on fault conditions:-

 When you file a divorce application under this category, your divorce application is known as complaint for divorce; while you are called as plaintiff and your spouse who is at fault and from whom you seek divorce is known as the defendant. The decision pronounced in the suit is known as the ‘judgment for divorce’