Welcome to the Help Center. Navigation tools for your success in mediation.
Welcome
Set Up Your Box.com Account
Terms and Policies
Payment and Billing
Step 1 - Get Ready to Mediate (Onboarding)
Organize Your Documents & Start to Budget
Get Into a Mediation Mindset
- ★ YOUR BITTERSWEET BEGINNING A Workbook To Inspire Your Fresh Start by Tara Eisenhard, Divorce Coach, Author, Educator
- ★ Ground Rules for Mediation
- ★ 6 Tips for Your First Divorce Mediation Session - Blog
- ★ How to Know if You Have a Healthy Mindset for Divorce Mediation
- ★ The Healthy Divorce Blog
- ★ Emotional Rollercoaster - 15 Page Guide
Build Your Support System
Healthy Divorce Resource Library
Step 2 - Work Out Your Terms (Mediation)
Get Ready for Your Parenting Mediation
Get Ready for Your Financial Mediation Session
Get Educated on PA Divorce Law
- ★ Divorce in PA, The Essential Guide - Ebook
- ★ 3502 - Equitable Distribution
- ★ Chapter 37 - Alimony and Support
- ★ Chapter 35 Property Rights
- ★ Equitable Distribution in PA - Blog and Infographic
- ★ Using the 17 Factors of Alimony in PA in Divorce Mediation - Blog
Step 3 - Finalize Your Terms
Getting an Independent Review
Step 4 - File for Divorce Decree (SimpleDivorce (tm) Filer)
Learn Terminology
FAQs and Tools
- ★ How to Look Up Your Case on Montgomery County Docket
- How much is the filing fee?
- Can I sign and date all the forms for all steps at once?
- How do I keep track of important dates?
- Where can I find my court docket number?
- Do I staple together the forms to mail them?
FAQs on Steps 1 & 2
FAQs on Step 3
- On the Verification of Defendant’s Signature form, does the plaintiff have to include the documents or just check off those that apply?
- What happens if I miss the 30-day filing period for Affidavits of Consent and Waivers of Intent?
- Step 3 requires both parties to sign certain documents. Should we mail all the forms in together to file or mail separately?
- What dates do I put on the Praecipe to Transmit?
- The Praecipe to Transmit asks for the date the Affidavit and Waiver documents were "filed." If I am filing at the same time as the Praecipe to Transmit, what date do I place in this section?
- When will we receive our official Decree in the mail from the Prothonotary?
How to Change Your Name
- Can I retake my surname during the divorce process?
- How do I change my name back to my surname?
- Is there a fee to file this Petition?
- When can I start using my original surname?
- Do I need to change my court documents to my original surname?
- How will I receive a copy of the signed Notice to Retake Surname?