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).
How Long Does the Average Divorce Case Take? Another pressing question among people deciding to divorce: How long will it take? According to the results from our survey, the average time it took to complete a divorce â from filing the petition to getting their settlement or the final court judgment â was about 11 months.