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).
Once the Respondent receives the Petition, he or she has 30 days to file a Response to the facts outlined in the Petition. (In some cases, the Petitionerâs attorney will allow for more than 30 days.) Once a Response is filed by the Respondent, a hearing may be scheduled for the case.