WHAT DID LAVOISIER DISCOVER? Lavoisier built on the work already done in the 1770s by the English scientists Henry Cavendish and Joseph Priestley. He became the first person to isolate and name the element oxygen, which is the most common element on Earth.
The spouse who has been served with the divorce/dissolution petition is called the respondent or defendant in the divorce/dissolution process. He or she must respond to (answer) the petition within a certain time (usually about three weeks).
The type of hearing youâre requesting is important because if youâre asking for a final hearing on an uncontested divorce which would take 15 minutes vs. if youâre asking for a full trial which might last several days, the court will schedule you faster for a faster hearing â especially if it is uncontested.