Divorce Decree
Form 13
Divorce Form 13
Divorce Decree Instructions
Form 13 - Divorce Decree
The numbers on these instructions correspond with the numbers in the boxes on
the form. Use the form with the boxes to guide you through filling out the blank
form.
Box 1: Print the name of the county you filed in exactly as you wrote on Form 1.
Box 2: Print the name of the Plaintiff exactly as it appears on Form 1.
Box 3: Print the docket number given to the case at the time of filing.
Box 4: Print the name of the Defendant exactly as it appears on Form 1.
Box 5: LEAVE BLANK
Box 6: Print your name.
Box 7: Print your spouse's name.
Box 8: LEAVE BLANK
Divorce Form 13
Divorce Decree Instructions
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IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
CIVIL ACTION
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, :
PLAINTIFF :
3
:
: Case No.
4
vs. :
:
, : IN DIVORCE
DEFENDANT :
DECREE OF DIVORCE
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AND NOW, , 20 , it is ordered, and decreed that
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(your name), Plaintiff, and
(your spouse’s name),
Defendant, are divorced from the bonds of matrimony.
The Court retains jurisdiction of any claims raised by the parties to this action for
which a final order has not yet been entered.
Any existing spousal support order shall hereafter be deemed an order for
alimony pendente lite if any economic claims remain pending.
By the Court,
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J.
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The parties shall reaffirm or change the beneficiary status on any life insurance
policies, annuity contracts, pensions, profit sharing plans, or other contractual
arrangements providing for payment to a spouse if it is the intention of one of the
parties to keep or change the other party as a beneficiary. Failure to do so may result in
revocation of the beneficiary designation pursuant to 20 Pa.C.S. § 6111.2 (Effect of
Divorce or Pending Divorce on Designation of Beneficiaries).
Divorce Form 13
Divorce Decree
AOPC 5.1.14
IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF PHILADELPHIA COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
CIVIL ACTION
_______________________________, :
PLAINTIFF :
:
: Case No. ______________
vs. :
:
_______________________________, : IN DIVORCE
DEFENDANT :
DECREE OF DIVORCE
AND NOW, _______________________, 20___, it is ordered, and decreed that
_________________________________________________ (your name), Plaintiff, and
_________________________________________________ (your spouse’s name),
Defendant, are divorced from the bonds of matrimony.
By the Court,
_____________________________
J.
The Court retains jurisdiction of any claims raised by the parties to this action for
which a final order has not yet been entered.
Any existing spousal support order shall hereafter be deemed an order for
alimony pendente lite if any economic claims remain pending.
The parties shall reaffirm or change the beneficiary status on any life insurance
policies, annuity contracts, pensions, profit sharing plans, or other contractual
arrangements providing for payment to a spouse if it is the intention of one of the
parties to keep or change the other party as a beneficiary. Failure to do so may result in
revocation of the beneficiary designation pursuant to 20 Pa.C.S. § 6111.2 (Effect of
Divorce or Pending Divorce on Designation of Beneficiaries).
