If you are applying for a divorce application on your own, this is known as a sole application for divorce. You are the applicant and your spouse is the respondent.

Are you eligible?
Before you are able to apply for an application for divorce, you must answer “yes” to either of the following questions:

• Are you an Australian Citizen by grant of Australian Citizenship?
• Were you born in Australia or have you become an Australian Citizen by decent?
• Are you legally in Australia and have lived here for the last 12 months?

Separated for month than 12 months