to commence an action for divorce in New
York State the first thing you've got to
do is purchase an index number and you
can do that at the county clerk's office
the fee for this is two hundred and ten
dollars then you want to draft a summons
and verified complaint the complaint
sets forth the reasons that you want to
get a divorce so once you've got your
index number and you filed your summons
and complaint you have to serve your
spouse you have 120 days to serve your
spouse after you filed your your summons
and verified complaint to serve your
spouse you can hire a process server or
to save some money you can have a friend
do it but you cannot do it yourself the
person that serves your spouse has to be
over the age of 18 and they cannot be a
party to the suit which is why you
cannot serve your spouse the process
server whether you've hired someone or
it's a friend of yours or some
acquaintances somebody that you know has
to make sure to give you an affidavit of
service and this document is very
important because it proves that your
spouse was served that affidavit of
service should be filed in the county
clerk's office once you've got it