WEST VIRGINIA Part 6

Once service has been completed, the next steps greatly depend upon how the Respondent feels about the demands and claims brought forth by the Petitioner. If the Respondent accepts the service of divorce, without contest, the divorce can be simplified. If he or she does not, then the case will go to a final hearing where a judge will make decisions about the disputed terms of the divorce.

If irreconcilable differences are listed as the grounds for divorce, then after the Respondent files the Answer, stating that there are in fact irreconcilable differences, both the Petitioner and Respondent must attend a final hearing where they are granted a divorce.