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Variables petitioner and respondent provide detailed information about all parties, except the identity of the state if a state (or one of its subdivisions) is a party, petitioner and respondent variables note only whether a state is a party, not the state's name.
An opposing party in a divorce case is called the respondent, because he responds to the initial petition that begins the divorce process.Some states require a complaint for divorce rather than a petition. cross-petition, or counterclaim, might require payment of the same filing fee paid by the petitioning spouse, but it allows the opposing spouse to make statements and allegations of his own, and ask the court for what he wants both during the litigation process and in the final decree.