How long is the waiting time to remarry after a divorce was approved? 7 Answers as of February 23, 2012

If you have a judgment of dissolution of marriage that has been entered by the court, you can remarry at anytime after that date.

You can get married the next day.

You have to wait until the divorce is final and a final divorce decree is signed. Your facts are not clear on whether a judgment was entered or not. Hence, I can't tell if when you state that the divorce was approved you mean that a divorce judgment was signed. Or, if you mean the case was filed. In order to remarry, your first marriage has to be over by a final formal divorce judgment

You state that you filed for divorce in Nevada. Therefore, it will be Nevada law that determines when you become a single person again and can remarry.

Filing does not start the clock on remarriage. Getting a final judgment of divorce does. Once you receive a final judgment of divorce/dissolution of marriage, you can remarry. Filing for divorce in Nevada requires that you are a resident of Nevada for at least the prior continuous six (6) weeks. If you didn't satisfy Nevada's residency requirement, you might have trouble getting a divorce in Nevada.

You can remarry once the final judgment is entered giving you the date you are returned to the status of a single person.

My answer pertains only to California. In California, once a divorce is final (e.g., you have obtained a "Judgment of Dissolution" from the court) there is no waiting period to get remarried, as you're officially single once the Judgment of Dissolution is entered into the court record. If your divorce is not yet finalized (i.e., you've not yet received a Judgment of Dissolution from the court), then you're still officially married, even if separated. Hence, it would be illegal to get remarried while the divorce process is still pending. As for how long it takes for a divorce to be finalized by the court, assuming all issues have been resolved, and all papers submitted properly to the court, the earliest a Judgment of Dissolution can be entered in the record is 6 months after the date that the Respondent was first served with the initial divorce papers.