Will it be easy to divorce my wife if I havent seen her in 13 years? 21 Answers as of October 28, 2011

If what you describe is true and you know her current residence/address, then it should be relatively simple to do.

If you hire a lawyer and can find her, then it should be fairly straightforward to divorce her in NY.

It should not be a problem Colorado because the only grounds needed is that the marriage is irretrievably broken. If you haven't seen your wife in 13 years it should be pretty obvious the marriage is broken.

Yes. You file your petition, file an affidavit of diligent search and serve her by publication.

Easy is a relative term - the court will be mainly concerned with making sure that your wife is aware of the proceedings. So, if you do not know how to contact her - the court may require you hire an investigator to at least run a skip trace. If an address for her can be found, you will likely need to hire someone to attempt to serve her with the paperwork. Once she has been served, if she chooses to not participate in the proceedings, it can be a pretty easy process.

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Alabama provides for divorce by publication. You will need to consult with an attorney to receive a divorce by publication and to ensure that you comply with all of the guidelines in the Alabama Code.

Should be pretty simple. There are some procedures you will have to follow, and probably have to get a court order to allow you to publish the notice in the newspaper.

Define "easy?" You still have to follow the law and go through the court process to obtain a final judgment of marriage dissolution. Meaning, you need to first file a divorce petition with the court. Then, you need to serve such divorce petition on your spouse. If you don't know her whereabouts, then you have to serve her by "publication," which requires a court order. Once she is served, you can then proceed to finalize your case by "default," assuming she doesn't respond within 30 days after being served. Please note that completing any legal endeavor is never as "easy" as ordering a hamburger from the drive through at your local fast food restaurant. I.e., you have to follow the law and procedure. Best to consult with a local family law lawyer so you can get assistance with navigating the legal process as efficiently as possible.

Easy is a relative term, but to answer your question you easily have grounds for divorce. Under Maryland law, your grounds for divorce could be desertion or the more standard 12-month separation. Since you don't have any children the case should move quickly through the court. Your only difficulty will be with serving your wife with the divorce papers. If, however, you make good faith efforts to locate her, and fail, the court will likely allow you to alternatively serve her through specified means (often publishing in a newspaper for a three weeks). You should always consult an attorney before filing a cause of action.