But... In Fl we had 21 days to respond. I couldn't find a lawyer I meshed with until about 10 days before my deadline to respond. She sent out a quick email to H's lawyer asking for a 30 day extension and got it.
I also told my L I was not in a hurry to be D'd. I said -- take your time but don't impede the process. Turns out H and his lawyer weren't very speedy either. He filed in March. I wasn't served until the first week of May.. We didn't schedule mediation until September and that was at MY REQUEST. I got to the point where I was sick of limbo and wanted to move forward with my life. So my lawyer was on them for awhile before they agreed to Sept. We never made it to mediation oddly enough our first piecingMC session was the day we were supposed to be at mediation.
Anyway, I'm rambling but point being - depending on what you have in the D (kids,assets,alimony etc.) it can take awhile. I recommend not standing in the way of it but you certainly don't need to be speeding it along unless you get to the point where you're ready to be done.
