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 time to get a Preliminary Conference date depends on the County but generally is 30-45 days unless there is an emergency issue. At the Preliminary Conference, all the subject matters in the divorce case are identified and, depending how complex the case is, the Court will give it a discovery schedule.