The Harris Firm LLC Legal Separation Questionnaire

THE HARRIS FIRM LLC - UNCONTESTED LEGAL SEPARATION QUESTIONNAIRE (1)

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 legal separation 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.
Last Four Digits of Social Security Number
Please just put the last four digits, not the whole 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 legal separation 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.
Last Four Digits of Social Security Number
Please just put the last four digits, not the whole 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 separation or the date the two of you consciously decided to cease all intimacy and pursue a separation. 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.
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.
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.
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, 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.
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 on your own. Please tell us that amount. If you are doing shared custody and neither party is paying any child support then let us know.
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 and if 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.
If you are dividing a retirement, 401(k), pension, or other such account, or if one spouse is being paid a lump sum out of such an account, then a document called a QDRO may be necessary in your case. Please contact the financial institution handling the account to inquire and if one is necessary, we do charge extra to prepare such a document for you. Please explain whether you are dividing such accounts and may be in need of a QDRO
If you are in need of a QDRO and want us to prepare one for you, then please provide us the amount or percentage to be taken from the account and who will receive it. Also, please list the proper name of the account.
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.
Is the non-custodial parent doing standard visitation or did you agree to some other visitation arrangement?
If differing from standard visitation (standard visitation is usually every other weekend and two weeks in summer, and dividing.alternating Spring Break, Birthdays, Thanksgiving, and Christmas holidays every year. Please list any special visitation and any special provisions and/or considerations that you would like in the agreement concerning visitation rights (please email us to request a copy of a standard visitation schedule for your county).
Please list any additional terms you would like to include in the agreement

Whichever spouse is retaining our law firm (since even in an uncontested legal separation we can only represent one of you) is going to be the Plaintiff and the other spouse will be Defendant.
If there are children of the marriage, then please request the standard visitation form from our office. You and your spouse can go by this standard visitation schedule or use it as a starting point for the type of visitation that you are agreeing to.
For this discounted flat fee, you will be able to ask us any questions by phone and/or email, and have unlimited phone and email access to us if you want. However, if you wish to meet the attorney in person and have an in person consultation with the attorney then this would be an additional consultation fee. To do this you would just need to call us to schedule an appointment.
If your case involves substantial property or tax considerations, business interests, paternity issues, retirement issues, or any other complex issues that would require more time of the attorney then there will likely be additional fees involved and when you call us we can tell you if your case will require additional costs.
If you are dividing retirement accounts, then the financial institution will most likely need a special order, sometimes called a Qualified Domestic Relations Order. We charge an additional fee to do this document for you or you can always just contact them and use the one they provide to you.
If you need a quit claim deed you may do it on your own or you can have us create the quit claim deed for you. If you would like us to create the quit claim deed for you, we charge an additional fee to do this.
Additionally, we reserve the right to charge a small fee if you have significant revisions later on, so please make sure that you and your spouse are in total agreement on everything before you retain us to prepare the paperwork.
If you have any questions, then feel free to email us at ginna@theharrisfirmllc.com or call at (205) 201-1789.

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