Anniston Divorce Lawyers & Attorneys

If you need an Anniston divorce lawyer, then the first thing is to decide is whether the divorce will be contested or uncontested. If you and your spouse are in agreement about everything, then our experienced divorce lawyer may be able to help you get a quick and easy divorce in Calhoun County.  An uncontested divorce is the simplest and most inexpensive way to get divorced in Alabama.

However, if you are not in agreement then you will need to file a contested divorce. Our divorce lawyers will require a retainer up front which we will bill out of at an hourly rate for the work performed. Our Anniston family law attorneys will work hard from the beginning to develop a strategy for winning at your divorce trial.

A contested divorce is started with the filing of a Complaint. The Complaint states what you are wanting in the divorce and states the grounds for divorce such as adultery or irreconcilable differences. After this filing, the other spouse is served and they get a local attorney to file a response.

At this point the discovery process continues where both family law attorneys gather evidence from the parties to use at trial. For example, your divorce lawyer might send a set of interrogatories to the other party. Interrogatories are a series of questions that your spouse must answer and return to your divorce lawyer. If those answers state something and at trial, they say something different it can be used during the cross examination to discredit their testimony.

There are many such examples of things acquired during the discovery process being helpful to one side or another for use at trial. The stronger your case looks to your spouse’s attorney, the more likely they will want to settle. The more they are pressured to settle and not take the case to trial, the better terms they might agree to in order to avoid the difficulty of having a long and stressful divorce trial.

Going through a divorce can be extremely difficult emotionally with both parties having to undergo life changing transitions. That is why it is important to retain a local divorce lawyer to file your divorce in Calhoun County, to ensure that all local requirements are met and that you obtain your divorce decree as quickly and easily as possible.

If you live in Anniston or Oxford, then your divorce will most likely be filed in the Circuit Court of Calhoun County.  Our Anniston divorce lawyer regularly handles matters in the Calhoun County Courts and the surrounding areas of Gadsden, Talladega, Sylacauga, Jacksonville, Oxford, Lincoln, Rainbow City, Heflin, and Pell City.  We file uncontested divorces in St. Clair County, Calhoun County, Etowah County, Blount County, Coosa County, Tallapoosa County, Cleburne County, and Talladega County.

Any way you file for divorce with no agreement already reached is called a contested divorce. Our team of experienced divorce attorneys in Anniston and throughout Calhoun County have been fighting for spouses in divorce courts for decades and would be proud to fight for you in your contested divorce. A contested divorce is where you file a divorce without any agreement being reached and have your spouse served with the Complaint. There are hearings set and the judge will ultimately decide your disagreements.

Our divorce attorneys in Oxford and Anniston can help you if you need to file a contested divorce. However, the attorney fees are significantly higher than an uncontested divorce. Like any Anniston divorce lawyer, we require a retainer for such services and our attorney will bill hourly from it depending on the amount of work performed. So, depending on how long it takes to resolve your marital issues in the divorce, the attorney fees could get expensive.

The City of Anniston is the seat of Calhoun County with the courthouse being located downtown at 25 West 11th Street.  Our Anniston divorce lawyer is only a few blocks from the courthouse, located on Noble Street in the historic Lyric Square building.  If you have questions about an uncontested or contested family law matter, then give our Anniston divorce lawyer a call for a consultation.

Our Anniston divorce lawyer regularly handles divorce cases in the Talladega, Oxford, Sylacauga, and Pell City areas.  The Harris Firm is a proud member of the Calhoun County Chamber of Commerce and Alabama Better Business Bureau.  If you are seeking a divorce in Eastern Alabama, then give our Calhoun County family law attorneys a call today.