Question:
I filed a request to enter a default divorce judgment against my wife because she refused to cooperate throughout the divorce process.
On the date of the default hearing, my wife finally appeared in court, but rather than issue a default judgment the judge ordered we had to try and reach a marriage settlement agreement before granting the divorce.
If we can't reach a divorce settlement, the judge said she would allow my wife to answer the divorce complaint. All this after months of my wife refusing to communicate with me and now the divorce will take even longer.
Was the judge within her legal rights to do this?
