Filing for Mutual Consent Divorce in Jodhpur

## Step 1: Eligibility check Both spouses must have been living separately for at least 1 year. The decision must be mutual and free from coercion. ## Step 2: First motion petition File a joint petition under Section 13B(1) in the family court. Both spouses appear and confirm their consent on oath. ## Step 3: Cooling-off period 6 months mandatory waiting (court may waive in genuine cases per Amardeep Singh judgment). ## Step 4: Second motion Within 18 months, both spouses return and confirm consent. ## Step 5: Decree of divorce If the court is satisfied, decree is passed. Marriage is dissolved from the date of the decree. ## Step 6: Settlement Maintenance, custody, property division are decided concurrently in the joint petition.