The Divorce Waiting Period in Every State

When you file a divorce, in most states you have to wait a certain period of time before you are allowed to finalize or finish the divorce. This is called a divorce waiting period or cooling off period. The longest wait is 365 days and the shortest wait is 0 days. The below table shows the range of divorce waiting periods in the various different states.

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STATE	DIVORCE WAITING PERIOD	LINK TO LAW
Alabama	30 days	Code
Alaska	No divorce waiting period	Alaska's waiting period law
Arizona	60 days
Arkansas	30 days	Arkansas divorce waiting period
California	180 days	California divorce waiting period law
Colorado	90 days	Colorado waiting period to divorce
Connecticut	30 days	Law on divorce period
Delaware	180 days	Delaware divorce waiting period
District of Columbia	30 days	waiting period source
Florida	20 days	Florida divorce waiting period
Georgia	30 days	Georgia waiting period
Hawaii	None	waiting period secondary source
Idaho	21 days	Primary Source on waiting period for divorce
Illinois	None	Source on waiting period
Indiana	60 days	Indiana waiting period
Iowa	90 days	Iowa divorce waiting period
Kansas	60 days	Kansas waiting period
Kentucky	60 days	Kentucky's divorce time waiting period
Louisiana	180 days	Lousiana waiting period
Maine	No divorce waiting period	Source of law
Maryland	365 days	Maryland's waiting period
Massachusetts	90 days	Waiting period statute
Michigan	60 days	Michigan's divorce waiting period
Minnesota	No divorce waiting period	Minnesota waiting period
Mississippi	60 days	Miss. divorce waiting period law
Missouri	30 days	Missouri waiting period source of law
Montana	21 days © PartAsFriends 2020 All Rights Reserved	Montana
Nebraska	60 days	Nebraska secondary legal source as to waiting period fo divorce
Nevada	365 days	Nevada waiting period
New Hampshire	30 days	Secondary source on waiting period.
New Jersey	None	Source on waiting period
New Mexico	30 days	New Mexico seconday source on law for waiting to divorce
New York	None	New York law on divorce
North Carolina	30 days	North Caroline on waiting for divorce cooling off period
North Dakota	No waiting period for divorce	Nothing in North Dakota states a waiting period
Ohio	None	No waiting period in Ohio
Oklahoma	10 days	Oklahoma waiting period law
Oregon	None	Oregon family code
Pennsylvania	90 days	Penn divorce waiting period law
Rhode Island	90 days	Waiting period for dissolution of marriage
South Carolina	90 days	waiting period for divorce in South Carolina
South Dakota	60 days	South Dakota family code on divorce waiting period
Tennessee	60 days	Divorce waiting period
Texas	60 days	Texas dissolution of marriage waiting period
Utah	90 days	divorce waiting period in Utah
Vermont	90 days	Vermont family law
Virginia	None	Secondary legal source of law on waiting periods
Washington	90 days	Washington divorce waiting period
West Virginia	None	West Virginia waiting period law
Wisconsin	120 days	Waiting period for divorce
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Wyoming	None

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