Answer: Yes. The Court has jurisdiction to go ahead and dissolve the marriage by virtue of your residency within the state. However, it cannot order your spouse to pay or do anything until it gets jurisdiction of your spouse. Once your ex is located and lawfully served with Summons, the court may revisit the initial divorce case and make its rulings on all of the remaining items.
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Kari is a staunch advocate of the non-court approach to divorce, and is also an active and seasoned litigator with years of trial experience in the Illinois divorce courts of DuPage and Cook County.