Rule 1920.41 No Default Judgment

In a divorce case in Pennsylvania, a judge cannot automatically rule against your spouse just because they did not respond to your filing. Even if the other person ignores the case completely, you still have to go through the proper legal process.

This means you cannot win a divorce simply by filing paperwork and waiting for your spouse to do nothing. The court requires more steps before a divorce can be granted, no matter what the other side does or does not do.