Fill and Sign the Show Cause Order 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 l03 was filed on the ______ day of _____________ , 20 ______ , and personal service was had on the Defendant, _____________ , on the ______ day of _____________ , 20 ______ . 2. That the parties have lived separate and apart for more than l80 days prior to the filing of the Petition for Divorce, and your parties have continued to live 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 l03 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: