1) The parties discuss between themselves their financial and custodial situation and come to a general agreement.

2) One of the parties(the Plaintiff) discusses with the attorney the general form of the agreement reached. After making sure the agreement is fair, reasonable, the attorney prepares a proposed judgement.

3) The attorney meets with the other party and, after making it clear he represents only the Plantiff, goes over his understanding of the "agreement" and provides the other party with a copy of the proposed judgement.Minor differences may be ironed out at this point and the agreement fine tuned.

4) All documents are signed, filed with the court and a date for the "prove-up" is scheduled.

5) The parties appear in court and the Judgement or Divorce Decree is entered.


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