One in which your spouse is contesting your Petition for Dissolution. By contesting the petition, they will have actually filed a response with the The  filing of the response will not prevent a future Consent Decree/Marital Settlement Agreement from being reached. In fact, the most likely scenario is that they will respond and then later work out an agreement between your attorney and theirs. This usually occurs after discovery has been concluded. If a Marital Settlement Agreement is still not reached, it is at this time that a trial will occur.