It is not uncommon for a patient suffering from COPD to be denied disability benefits at the initial stage of the Social Security Disability application process. In fact, only 30 percent of applications are approved at this stage of the process.
Time to Answer. After your spouse receives your divorce papers, he has 20 days under Texas law to answer by filing his own pleadings with the court. This time also runs concurrently with your waiting period. Whether you'll be able to divorce right away after the waiting period expires depends a great deal on what happens during these 20 days.
Mandatory Waiting Periods. After you have filed a petition for divorce and you've provided notice to your spouse that you've filed, he has 21 days to respond to the petition in writing and to file his response with the court. The divorce cannot move forward with or without his participation until this period has elapsed.