Fill and Sign the Show Cause Form

_____________________________ : ______ JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT VS : PARISH OF _____________ , LOUISIANA _____________________________ : DOCKET NO. ______ ______________________________________________________________________________ RULE TO SHOW CAUSE NOW INTO COURT, through undersigned counsel, comes _____________ , who respectfully suggests the following: l. A Petition for Divorce pursuant to Civil Code Article l02 was filed on the ______ day of _____________ , 20 ______ , and personal service was had on the Defendant, _____________ , on the ______ day of _____________ , 20 ______ . 2. That more than l80 days have elapsed since the service of the Petition for Divorce, and your parties have lived separate and apart since the filing of the Petition for Divorce on the ______ day of _____________ , 20 ______ . WHEREFORE, your petitioner prays that a rule nisi issue herein directed to your Defendant ordering him/her to show cause on a date and hour to be fixed by this Court why a Judgment of Divorce pursuant to La. Civil Code Article l02 should not be granted. Respectfully Submitted, ______________________________ Signature Name       Address       City, State Zip       Phone (       )       -       _____________________________ : ______ JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT VS : PARISH OF       , LOUISIANA _____________________________ : DOCKET NO. ______ ______________________________________________________________________________ O R D E R IT IS ORDERED that       show cause on the ______ day of _____________ , ______ , at ______ A.M., as a _____________ fixing, why a Judgment of Divorce should not be rendered in the above captioned matter. Signed at _____________ , _____________ Parish, Louisiana, on the ______ day of       , ______ . _____________________________ DISTRICT JUDGE PLEASE SERVE DEFENDANT AT: