Uncontested Divorce Questionnaire

THE HARRIS FIRM LLC - UNCONTESTED DIVORCE QUESTIONNAIRE

Preferred Method of Payment (You DO NOT Have to Make a Payment When You Submit the Questionnaire)*
Please Let Us Know How You Are Going to Make a Payment.
- Credit/Debit Card
- By Mail
- Drop Off at Office
Your Full Name*
Your Address (including County that you live in)*
State you have lived in for the last six months.*
If in military and stationed elsewhere but maintained residence in Alabama, then you have resided in Alabama.
Your Phone Number*
Your Email Address*
Your Date of Birth*
Your Race and Gender*
The State of Alabama requires certain personal information for census data purposes when a divorce is filed, including things such as race and gender.
Your Educational Level*
Please provide the highest level reached such as four year college degree, high school degree, one year of college, tenth grade of high school, etc.
Your Full Social Security Number
Please list the full number.
Your Employer Name and Address*
Number of this marriage (First, Second, etc.)*
Include how last marriage ended (by divorce or death, etc.)
Have you ever been in the military?*
Are you or have you ever been in the military? If so for how many years were you active duty during the marriage?
Spouse Full Name*
Spouse Address (including County they live in)*
State they have lived in for the Previous Six months.*
Spouse Phone Number
Spouse Date of Birth*
Spouse Race and Gender*
The State of Alabama requires certain personal information for census data purposes when a divorce is filed, including things such as race and gender.
Spouse Educational Level*
Please provide the highest level reached such as four year college degree, high school degree, one year of college, tenth grade of high school, etc.
Your Spouse's Full Social Security Number
Please put the full number.
Spouse Employer Name and Address*
Number of this marriage for Spouse (First, Second, etc.)*
Include how last marriage ended (by divorce or death, etc.)
Have you been in the military?*
Are you or have you ever been in the military? If so for how many years were you active duty during the marriage?
Is the Wife currently pregnant?*
Please provide the Wife's Maiden Name. Does Wife want to resume maiden name? If want to resume maiden name put Yes, if want to keep married name put No.*
Marriage Date*
Place of Marriage*
City, County, and State where you were married.
Separation Date*
If you are still living together then the separation date is the date that the two of you stopped living together as husband and wife. This can be the date you decided to get a divorce or the date the two of you consciously decided to cease all intimacy and pursue a separation/divorce. Please call us if you have any questions about this date.
Where were you living together when separated?*
Please list the county and state where you and your spouse were living at on the separation date.
Which County do you want to file in?*
It is recommended that you file in a county that one of you lives in since some counties have local policies not to let out of county residents file there. If you wish to file in a county that neither of you live in, then please call us to see if that particular county will be a problem or not. If only one of you lives in Alabama, then you have to file in the county that person lives in.
Have either party filed a PFA (Protection From Abuse) Order against the other party?
If there is a PFA filed, this divorce can not be filed as a simple, standard uncontested divorce) You will need to schedule a consultation to speak with an attorney.
Please list all real property (including the marital residence) and how to divide the asset and debts/mortgages on the property.*
In regards to your jointly owned real property, what is the amount of equity for each party and how do you wish to divide such equity? For example, if you are going to get one half of the equity in the home, but one party is going to remain living there, then state which party will live there and that both own half the equity in the home. Also state if one party is going to attempt to refinance. Whose name is on the mortgage if there is a mortgage. Whose name is on the deed.
Please list any vehicles owned (please list Year, Make, and Model) and who will keep which vehicle
Please list any additional details concerning your vehicles that you want in the agreement.
Please list any additional marital personal property or other assets that you are dividing. If you run out of room then please email us this information as an addendum to the questionnaire later on.
Here you can list any items of personal property you want addressed in the agreement. There is no need to list items you have already divided in most cases since the rightful party already has possession.
Number of children of the marriage that are currently under 19 years old*
Please put 0 if there are no children.
Gender of Children (if any)*
Please list gender of your children if there are any under 19 years of age born during the marriage OR born of you and your spouse prior to the marriage.
If have children of marriage that are under 19 years of age, then need estimates for how much each of you make each month (gross monthly income) from all income sources
Please list how much each of you make per month before taxes. We need this in order to do the child support guidelines. Even if both of you are agreeing to an amount, we still have to run the guidelines for the judge in your case.
If have children of the marriage that are under 19 years of age, then please list their names, date of birth, full social security number(s) and who they will be residing with primarily.
The parent who the children are primarily living with (residing with over 50% of the time) has physical custody and the other parent generally has visitation rights. Please list the parent who has physical custody of the children or let us know if you are dividing time equally (shared custody).
Please list all of the addresses (if don't know an address then you can just put the county/state) where the children have resided in the last 5 years.
Some counties require the filing of Custody Affidavits which explain in detail where the children have been living for the last five years.
There can not be no child support paid. Who is paying child support to whom? Are you agreeing to an amount? Are you using the child support guidelines?
If you have children, we will perform the child support guidelines. Do you want to use the guidelines amount as the child support that will be agreed to in this case? If you answer no, then you and your spouse must have agreed to an amount. Please tell us that amount. If you are doing shared custody, there still needs to be child support agreed upon or we can calculate the amount. The agreed amount must be an amount the Judge will sign off on.
If someone is paying child support to the other, do you want it to come out of their paycheck or are they paying support directly to them each month?
Who will claim the children as dependents for tax purposes?
How will the child/children be claimed as a dependent on taxes each year? For example, will one party claim child as dependent on odd years and other parent on even years? Will you both claim one child as a dependent, if you have two children? Please put who is reserving right to claim children as dependents for tax purposes.
Does either spouse have any preexisting child support payments for minor children of this marriage or for minor children not from this marriage? If so then please provide amount ordered and the county and state of prior case.
Please let us know if this prior amount is for the children of this marriage or for children not of this marriage.
Does either spouse have any preexisting alimony payments? If so, please provide the county/state of said case, name of person it is paid to, and amount ordered to pay.
Please describe your custody arrangement. The usual arrangement is joint legal custody with one parent (the parent that the child will be primarily living with) being primary physical custodian and other parent being secondary custodian and receiving visitation rights.
Please describe who child will be living with primarily or if you are doing shared custody or not.
Please list the amount incurred for work-related child care monthly and who pays for it.
List how much is paid per month for daycare/child care and who pays for it.
List who covers the children for health insurance purposes and if one party pays a monthly premium for health insurance coverage for the child then put this amount and who pays it below. Also list the name of the health insurance company.
Standard visitation will be listed in the documents with a paragraph stating the parties are allowed to vary from the standard schedule as long as they agree but if they can not agree they will follow the standard schedule listed in the documents.
Standard visitation for primary physical custody is usually every other weekend with one week night and two weeks in summer, and dividing/alternating Spring Break, Birthdays, Thanksgiving, and Christmas holidays every year. (please email us to request a copy of a standard visitation schedule for your county). Standard visitation for joint physical custody is every other week.
Please list any additional terms you would like to include in the agreement
Consent to Agreement*
PLEASE E-SIGN at the bottom of this Fee Agreement Contract if you are planning to make the payment for the attorney fees in conjunction with this questionnaire and proceed with an uncontested divorce. You can sign this even if you are not ready to proceed at this time, since it is not binding on you owing us anything. The contract only takes effect upon your payment to us of the attorney fees (when you make the payment).

FEE AGREEMENT: The undersigned individual (hereinafter known as “Client) hereby employs THE HARRIS FIRM LLC (hereinafter known as “Attorney”) to represent him/her in a simple uncontested divorce matter. Client agrees to pay said Attorney, for Attorney’s services, a flat fee of $690.00 (if there are no minor children of the marriage) or $890.00 (if there are minor children of the marriage) (NOTE: This Attorney’s Fee DOES NOT INCLUDE Filing Fee as described below) for the following services:

1. Drafting/typing of simple uncontested divorce documents for Client based solely on information and documentation provided by Client;

2. Providing, by email, a copy of the drafted simple uncontested divorce documents to Client for review and corrections/revisions (1st revision free) (Mailing of hard copies of documents will incur an additional fee set out below);

3. Consulting with Client by phone and/or email, answering any questions Client may have about the divorce process and/or documents and providing advice concerning Client’s simple uncontested divorce matter;

4. Filing of the simple uncontested divorce Complaint and documents once they are signed, but ONLY filing such documents if Client and spouse sign documents and return them to Attorney’s office in a timely manner;

5. Submitting a proposed Final Judgment and emailing of received/entered Final Judgment of Divorce to Client.

Client understands and acknowledges that upon Client’s receipt of the drafted simple uncontested divorce documents either by email or U.S. Mail, Attorney has earned the entire Attorney’s fees paid. Any refund request MUST BE MADE PRIOR to the documents being prepared and emailed to Client. Client understands that in order for Attorney to file Client’s simple uncontested divorce, Client must submit the Court filing fee, which varies from County to County. Client understands that that Client is solely responsible for paying said filing fee. Client acknowledges that the Complaint for divorce along with supporting documents will not be filed until payment of the filing fee has been made unless Client has obtained a “Waiver of Filing Fee” signed by the Judge in the filing County. It is to be noted County filing fee charge contains local court convenience fees and/or Attorney convenience fees that are necessary for the electronic filing of Client’s matter. Client understands and acknowledges that any file held idle by the Attorney due to inactivity by Client for a period of more than six (6) months may incur a “reopen/revision” fee of $100.00 due prior to the reopening and revision of documents in Client’s file. Further, Client understands and acknowledges that any Filing Fee paid by Client that has been held by Attorney in trust for a period of twelve (12) months or more due to inactivity of Client shall be deemed as earned attorney fees in payment for time spent attempting to return the monies to the client.

Client further understands and acknowledges after a period of eight (8) years from the beginning of representation by Attorney, all Client files accumulated in the process of said representation may be properly disposed of by the Attorney in accordance with retention policies and in accordance with the Code of Alabama and all applicable rules thereof. Client understands and acknowledges if Client pays for Attorney’s fees, filing fees or any other fee by credit card, Client is responsible for any and all merchant charges associated with such charge. Additional fees if necessary: Client understands and acknowledges that if ANY of the following scenarios pertain to your simple uncontested divorce, then the following additional fees MAY be necessary to proceed:

1) Consult with Attorney: $100.00 consult

2) Revision or Re-Open Fee (significant revisions down the road): $100.00

3) Mailing of Documents to Client or Client’s Spouse with Letter: $ 50.00 ($100 if to inmate/prison)

4) Quit Claim Deed Preparation (if you request it) $750.00 plus recording fees;

5) Child Born During the Marriage but not the Husband’s (Paternity Issue) is not a simple uncontested divorce.

6) Agreements involving any retirement accounts are not a simple uncontested divorce.

7) If a PFA (Protection From Abuse) Order has been filed by either party against the other party, this is not a simple uncontested divorce.

The Client has read this Agreement in its entirety, initialed where indicated, and upon said Agreement being explained to Client by Attorney or Staff, CLIENT FULLY AGREES TO THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS SET FORTH HEREIN. Client acknowledges there are no other terms or oral agreements existing between Attorney & Client.
I Have Read The Employment Agreement Above
ELECTRONIC SIGNATURE*
I have read the Employment Agreement and fully understand. Upon payment of the attorney fees, I agree and consent to the attached Employment Agreement.

We want to thank you so much for choosing The Harris Firm to help you get an uncontested divorce. Hopefully, you and your spouse have already worked everything out and the information in this uncontested divorce questionnaire is just a reflection of the agreement you have with each other concerning your marital property, debts, custody, and child support.

We know that even an uncontested divorce can sometimes seem confusing and stressful at the beginning, but our family law attorneys are here to make the process as simple as possible for you as long as the two of you are both in agreement. If you have any questions when filling out the uncontested divorce questionnaire, then you can call our office anytime.

Thank you so very much for choosing The Harris Firm!