Completing a Florida Divorce When the Spouses No Longer Live in the Same State

One advantage of a fully virtual divorce process is that it doesn't require both spouses to be in the same place at the same time. This case is a clean illustration of that in practice: by the time the couple retained the firm, they were already living in different states, which would have made an in-person signing genuinely difficult to arrange.

The case itself was straightforward on the merits — no children, no real property, no vehicles, retirement accounts, or joint bank accounts to divide, and both spouses agreed to permanently waive any claim to alimony from the other. One spouse also agreed to cover both parties' attorney's fees and costs, simplifying the financial side of the settlement even further.

Because the spouses were states apart, their notarized signing was handled as two separate remote online notarization sessions rather than one shared appointment — each spouse met individually, by video call, with an independent Florida-commissioned online notary, on their own schedule, from wherever they happened to be.

With no assets or debts to negotiate and both spouses responsive and in agreement from the outset, the case moved from the day the couple hired the firm to Final Judgment in 3 days — a good example of how quickly an uncontested case can resolve when the paperwork is complete and both parties are ready to sign as soon as it's in front of them.