VTCourtForms: Asking for a Divorce, Separation or Civil Union Dissolution in Vermont

A tool to guide you through initial divorce forms on your phone or computer

VTCourtForms is a free tool that helps you complete and download forms in 3 steps.

• Step 1: Answer simple questions. Your answers will be filled into the court forms for you.
• Step 2: Preview the completed forms and edit your answers, if needed.
• Step 3: Download, save, print or email the final forms.

You will need to mail, email, efile or deliver them to the court on your own. VTCourtForms will give you instructions.

“It reminds me of a tax preparation tool. You input your information and it fills it out on the forms where it should go.” — VTCourtForms user

What forms will be produced?

This tool will produce an initial package of forms needed to ask the court for a divorce, legal separation, or civil union dissolution in Vermont.

This tool produces the following 5 forms to give to the court:

• Summons and Complaint for a Divorce / Separation / Dissolution - form 400-00836
• Notice of Appearance for Self-Represented Party - form 400-00831
• Family Court Information Form - form 800
• Statement of Confidential Information - form 400-00849
• Department of Health Record of Divorce or Dissolution

You may need to fill out more forms depending if you and your spouse have an agreement about property, debts and kids (if you have them). See our Divorce Roadmap and ask the court clerk.

When you give these forms to the court, it is only the first step in the process to getting a divorce, separation, or civil union dissolution. See our Divorce Roadmap for all the steps.

Did you know? Another VTCourtForms tool can guide you through a fee waiver form on your phone or computer. If approved by the Vermont Judiciary, you will not have to pay court filing fees.

Who can use this tool?

• This tool was designed to be used by people who are not represented by a lawyer.
• Visit our Divorce Roadmap to see if you can get a divorce, legal separation or civil union dissolution in Vermont and when you can start this process.
• You can use this tool whether you and your spouse have children or not.
• The forms in this tool can only be used in Vermont courts.
• At this time, this tool is only available in English.

How much time to complete it?

It may take you over 45 minutes to complete this.

Paper versions or PDF versions of these forms

Visit our Divorce Roadmap to find other versions of these forms.

More details

• About VTCourtForms

• Features: Making an account or sharing your work

• Online safety considerations

• VTCourtForms terms of use

• Download a flyer for this tool. This PDF does not meet all requirements of a fully accessible digital document. Follow this link for a more accessible version. Download the flyer [PDF, 200Kb].

• If you can’t afford the court filing fee, use VTCourtForms to fill out the Application to Waive Filing Fees and Service Costs. If you make an account and save your divorce answers as an “answer set,” you can load that answer set into the fee waiver application and save a bit of typing.