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===The appeal period=== | ===The appeal period=== | ||
Orders for divorce usually contain a term that "this order shall not take effect until the 31st day after its pronouncement." This to allow the appeal period to expire. Once those 31 days have passed, however, the parties are officially divorced and are free to remarry if they wish. | Orders for divorce usually contain a term that "this order shall not take effect until the 31st day after its pronouncement." This is to allow the appeal period to expire. Once those 31 days have passed, however, the parties are officially divorced and are free to remarry if they wish. | ||
It is possible to abridge this appeal period, if the divorce must take effect sooner for some urgent reason such as remarriage. If this is the <span class="noglossary">case</span>, you should advise the court of the need for haste, and a waiver of appeal will have to be filed. | It is possible to abridge this appeal period, if the divorce must take effect sooner for some urgent reason such as remarriage. If this is the <span class="noglossary">case</span>, you should advise the court of the need for haste, and a waiver of appeal will have to be filed. | ||
