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).
In the states that have one, the mandatory waiting period usually ranges from 30-90 days, although even in states that don't have a mandatory waiting period, it may still take that long to finalize the divorce because the judge's schedule controls how quickly your case proceeds.