What is FL 117?

FL 117 or the Notice of Acknowledgement of Receipt form is a family law judicial council form used to tell the Family Court that your spouse has received the Petition for dissolution and that your spouse is a aware that there is an ongoing divorce proceeding.  

After you fill out the FL 117, you will also want to submit at FL 115 to Court.
The date the FL 117 form is signed by the recipient is the day used by the Courts to deem service as proper. On the FL 180 Form *Judgment* , you will use the date that FL 117 is signed as the entry for #3 or the date the Court acquired jurisdiction.  

You can get a Divorce decree 6 months and 1 day after the FL 117 form is signed.