I Filed for a Divorce and I Admitted Myself in a Drug and Alcohol Treatment Center?

Question by Kelly Young: I filed for a divorce and I admitted myself in a drug and alcohol treatment center?
I filed for a divorce. I then entered into a drug and alcohol treatment center. When I was admitted, I wrote a letter to judge stating that I was in rehab. The judge dismissed the divorce case. A few months later, I filed a motion to have it reopened, but the judge denied it twice. My wife will not file anything concerning the divorce. What do I need to do to have this case re-opened or continued? what is local 6 rule? I do not understand, my wife works just minuets from the court house and she will not do anything to file.

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Answer by Julie H
Evidently in your state, you can’t divorce while you are in some kind of treatment center. This is for your protection, so your wife can’t divorce you while you are trying to get clean from drugs or alcohol. The same applies in some states…if the wife is pregnant, you can’t divorce until the baby is born.

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