I live in Michigan and my husband is filing for divorce. He will be the Plaintiff. We do have a minor child. We are neither of us able to hire an attorney, so we are filing ourselves. Everything makes sense except for one part: if I do not file a response to his complaint, I know that he may file for a default judgment, then in six months he will have a final hearing on his judgment. Then the judge signs it and it's done.
But what happens if I DO file a response? I mean, I know HOW to file the response, but I am not clear on what the next steps would be. The reason I don't want to just default is because a lot can happen in six months, and he may end up trying to alter the divorce judgment we agreed on, and if I default, I don't get a say at the final hearing.
Is there anyone who knows what would happen if I don't default? What the next steps would be?
BTW not sure if this makes a difference but we are opting OUT of the Friend of the Court system.
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