Court sets aside divorce over falsified signature

The Court has recently set aside a divorce that the wife did not know about. Her husband had filled out the Acknowledgement of Service for the divorce and falsified her signature on the document. Despite 12 years having passed, the court has ruled that the parties are still married. Click on the link below for further details of the judgement. 

What is an Acknowledgement of Service?

When a spouse applies for a divorce, their ex-partner is told to respond to the application (petition) by completing an Acknowledgment of Service document. This is now done online. The purpose of this document is for the respondent to tell the court that they've received the divorce paperwork and they acknowledge that the petitioner wants to divorce them.

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