Uncontested divorce in Georgia (2026)

Georgia lets an agreeing couple divorce on the no-fault ground that the marriage is irretrievably broken, with the case filed in the superior court of the right county. Residency is simple: one spouse must have lived in Georgia for six months before filing. What makes Georgia notably fast for uncontested cases is the short statutory wait.

An uncontested Georgia divorce can be granted as soon as 31 days after your spouse is served, which is among the quickest in the country. That makes the sequence tight: file the petition, serve your spouse or have them acknowledge service, attach a signed settlement agreement, and after the 31 days the judge can sign the final judgment and decree. Georgia divides marital property equitably, so your settlement agreement is where you lay out who keeps what. Where you file matters too, since Georgia generally requires filing in the county where the responding spouse lives.