# Delay Divorce? **URL:** \ **Category:** Divorce and Separation Answers\ **Created:** [February 29, 2012, 9:53pm UTC](https://forum.rosen.com/t/delay-divorce/13567 "2012-02-29T21:53:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Brin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c68b51/32.png) [@Brin](https://forum.rosen.com/u/Brin)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2012, 9:53pm UTC](https://forum.rosen.com/t/delay-divorce/13567/1 "2012-02-29T21:53:35Z")
Me and my husband have been seperated for a year and have lived in NC for 6 months, I am wanting to proceed with the divorce, but he doesnt want to, he said he will hold it up. I know that there is a 30 day period that takes place after he will get served the papers? I just want to know if he can delay it any longer than that by contesting it? FYI- We have not reconcile or anything, he just wants to be a pain because I want the divorce. ---
**Author:** ![EndoftheLine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ce7236/32.png) [@EndoftheLine](https://forum.rosen.com/u/EndoftheLine)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2012, 3:15pm UTC](https://forum.rosen.com/t/delay-divorce/13567/2 "2012-03-01T15:15:55Z")
As far as I know he cannot delay the divorce once you have lived separate and apart for 1 year and 1 day. ---
**Author:** ![cdavis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@cdavis](https://forum.rosen.com/u/cdavis)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2012, 4:01pm UTC](https://forum.rosen.com/t/delay-divorce/13567/3 "2012-03-01T16:01:06Z")
You can get the divorce, but he could get pending claims in for ED of property, etc which would still keep that stuff unresolved. ---
**Author:** ![Ryan\_Short](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/34f0e0/32.png) [@Ryan\_Short](https://forum.rosen.com/u/Ryan_Short)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2012, 2:40am UTC](https://forum.rosen.com/t/delay-divorce/13567/4 "2012-03-02T02:40:25Z")
The only way for him to contest the divorce is to say you haven’t separated for the required time.