The 12 documents in a New Jersey uncontested divorce, in filing order

An uncontested New Jersey divorce is, mechanically, a stack of documents in a particular order. Here is the whole stack and what each piece does.

Opening the case

• Complaint for Divorce — the document that starts everything: who you are, the ground (usually irreconcilable differences), venue, and what you're asking the court to do. Includes the plaintiff's verification and certification of non-collusion.
• Certification of Insurance Coverage (R. 5:4-2(f)) — a snapshot of the family's health, auto, life, and home insurance, with a promise not to cancel anything while the case is open.
• Confidential Litigant Information Sheet (official form CN 10486) — Social Security numbers, birth dates, addresses. The court keeps this one out of the public file entirely.
• Certification Regarding Dispute Resolution Alternatives (official form CN 10889) — confirms you were told about mediation and alternatives to litigation.

Bringing in the other spouse

• Summons — the formal notice that a case exists and that a response is due within 35 days.
• Acknowledgment of Service — in a cooperative case, the spouse signs this instead of being served by a process server.
• Appearance — the responding spouse tells the court they're participating and, in an uncontested case, that they contest nothing.

The agreement

• Marital Settlement Agreement — the heart of the packet: property, debts, alimony (or its waiver), insurance, and every other term the two of you have already settled. Signed by both spouses before a notary, and incorporated into the judgment without being merged into it.

Finishing

• Certification in Support of Judgment of Divorce (official form CN 12620) — the checklist certification that lets the court decide the case on the papers under Directive #01-25, without a hearing.
• Final Judgment of Divorce (proposed) — the order the judge signs: the marriage is dissolved, the agreement is incorporated, a prior name is restored if requested.
• Self-addressed stamped envelopes — not a legal document, but the packet item people forget: it's how the signed judgment gets back to you.
• Certified copies (ordered after judgment) — what Social Security, the MVC, banks, and title companies will actually accept as proof.

Three of these are official Judiciary forms with a CN number that must be used as-is; the rest are drafted pleadings that follow court formatting rules. All of them have to agree with each other — the same names, the same dates, the same county — because a packet that contradicts itself is the single most common reason a clerk sends everything back.

Clear Parting Docs is not a law firm and this is general legal information, not legal advice about your situation. For advice you can rely on, talk to a New Jersey attorney — any one you choose.