How do I get a divorce if my husband does not live in the same state as me? 33 Answers as of October 28, 2011

File for divorce in your state of residence and have him served by a process server wherever he lives.

You will file for divorce in either your state or your husband's, depending on the laws of your states and the length of time you and your spouse have lived in your respective states.

If you live in the same state, then you can file in the state in which you both live, regardless of where you were married. If you live in different states, you need to consult with a lawyer regarding the options available to you.

File a disso here and have him served wherever he is at.

So long as you meet jurisdictional requirements, dissolution paperwork may be filed in the county and state in which you currently live.

You can file in the County and State you live in. It is just a matter of getting him served, which shouldn't be a problem.

If you have resided in CA for at least 6 months and in the county where you live for 3 months, you can file a divorce action there. However, all the CA court may be able to do is terminate your marriage. If you have property, support or debt issues, there may be a jurisdiction issue over wether the court has the power to deal with these property issues.

As long as you have been a resident of the state of Florida for at least six months, you can file for divorce here. Your husband will need to be served by the Sheriff where he lives with copies of the documents filed in court here.

Should be very straightforward. Depending, however, the court might only be able to divorce you without distributing property/money/debt.

If you've been a California residence for 6 months, then you can file a divorce petition here. You can then serve your husband by mail (called Notice and Acknowledgement). If he refuses to accept service by mail, then you can hire a process server to personally serve your husband. You can find a process server company located where your husband lives via Google. Most large process server companies have offices all over the country. Once he is served, you can proceed to try to reach terms on all issues. If agreements can't be reached, then you can proceed to trial, and he will have to travel here. Or, you can take his default if he doesn't respond to the divorce petition. Call a local family law lawyer to help you.

If you have lived in Alabama for the past 6 months, you can get divorced. Your spouse can sign the divorce papers and the papers can be filed by an attorney.

We can file your divorce through publication if you do not know where he is living. If you do know where he is living we can have him served by the local sheriff in the town/city in which he is living.

The divorce would be pretty much the same as it would be in you lived in the same state. The areas of difference are likely to be two. First, there are the issues of jurisdiction and venue. Those will depend on the factual details of your case. Specifically, things like who lived where and for how long; are there children; where have they lived for how long. Second, some of the time lines will change. For example, in Washington, if you file in this state and personally serve someone in this state, they have 20 days to respond. If you file in this state and personally serve them in another state, they have 60 days to respond. If you file in this state and serve by mail, they have 90 days to respond.

Commence the action where you live and he can be served out of state where he lives.

You should file for divorce in the state in which you have resided for the past 6 months.

If you have lived in Florida for over six months, you may file here and serve your husband where he lives. But the court may have limited power to do more than grant the divorce. You should consult a lawyer about your rights and remedies regarding jointly owned property and child support.

Generally, one key is whether or not you meet Georgia's six month residency requirement, irrespective of where you were married. We recommend you consult with a divorce attorney about all your rights and options.

You can file a divorce in your current state. The only requirement for him is that you serve the papers on him.

You can file in your state or in the state he lives. The state you pick should be the one that is more favorable to you. However, you might need to consult an attorney in order to determine which state is better for you.

You file in the state where you live, and you have him personally served in the state where he lives.

You have him served with divorce papers in his State and file them in your own. In Minnesota, you may file in this state once you have resided here for 180 days.

To get a divorce in New Jersey only ONE spouse need have resided in New Jersey for one year preceding the filing of the complaint for divorce. YOU are that spouse. File for divorce whenever you like.