Prattville Divorce Lawyers

Our Prattville divorce lawyer can help you whether you need an uncontested or a contested divorce attorney in Autauga or Elmore County. A contested divorce is any divorce that is filed where there is no agreement already signed by the parties. It is much more expensive than an Alabama uncontested divorce and can take longer for our local Prattville divorce lawyer to get your divorce decree since all issues the two of you are not agreeing to have to ultimately be resolved by the judge in your case.

An uncontested divorce is much simpler and easy if you can get your spouse to agree to all marital issues. Our Prattville divorce lawyers are currently offering discounted attorney fees to help you get a cheap uncontested divorce in Autauga County. If you and your spouse have already reached an agreement, then you may be able to get an easy divorce in Autauga or Elmore County.

An uncontested divorce may require additional fees if there are substantial property or tax considerations involved, business interests, paternity issues, retirement issues, or any other complex issues that would require more time of the attorney. There is also a filing fee that each county charges to file your divorce. When you call us just ask and our Prattville divorce lawyer will be happy to let you know the filing fee for your particular county.

When you retain a local Prattville divorce lawyer, your divorce will usually be filed in the county where you live.  Therefore, if you live in Prattville then you will be likely filing your uncontested divorce in Autauga County.  Even in simple no fault or uncontested divorces, each county in Alabama has their own local rules that must be followed in order for the judge to sign your divorce decree.

To get the process started you can fill out and send us a divorce questionnaire online by going to the link on the right-hand side of the page or call our office to request us to mail or email you one. You will need to get us the questionnaire and pay attorney fees either online with a credit card or by mailing us a check or money order. Call our divorce lawyers in Prattville today for more information about filing for divorce.

Apart from uncontested divorces, the other way to file for divorce is a contested divorce.  Contested divorce deals with the instances when spouses cannot come to an agreement on their own so one spouse serves the other with an official Complaint. When the spouse is served, they find a Prattville divorce lawyer to help them file a response to be being served. Following this, hearings are set, and a judge takes on the responsibility of deciding the dispute if the parties cannot resolve such issues. Our family law attorney will be there to fight for you every step of the way.

This type of divorce is much more costly than an uncontested one. Like most divorce lawyers in Prattville, we do require a retainer for contested divorce services. Our Prattville divorce lawyer bills hourly out of the retainer that you pay. Since contested divorces usually take longer than uncontested due to the intricacies and complications in the case, a retainer can be fairly high. The amount of the retainer is dependent upon the amount of work performed. Essentially the longer it takes to settle your divorce, the more it will cost.

To begin working on your case, our Prattville divorce lawyer will need a retainer front so feel free to call the office for an initial consultation to find out how much we will need for your specific case. You will have a brief consultation with our family law attorney or their assistant before we can give you a retainer quote. Call our Prattville and Millbrook divorce lawyer for a quote.

In a contested divorce the motions, documents, and other filings can be quite complex and numerous due to the fact that there is no agreement, and the parties are on opposite sides of certain marital issues. Therefore, the attorney fees are much higher than an uncontested divorce. In contested divorces, the Prattville divorce lawyer is paid something called a retainer.

A retainer is a lump sum amount paid by the client to the Prattville divorce lawyer which the attorney bills out of at an hourly rate until it is gone, or the case is over. The attorneys keep the retainer in a special account called a Trust account and hold it there as the Trustee of your money. As the divorce attorney in Prattville works, they bill and keep up with their hours on the case and eventually transfer the money they earned from the Trust account to the law firm’s operating account.

This retainer process is how almost all local divorce lawyers work, but many law firms vary on how much they require up front to get your case started. To get a quote from our divorce attorney you have to call, and we can quote you a retainer fee based on your particular circumstances. Our divorce lawyer in Prattville requires a retainer up front, exactly how much depends on the complexity of your case.

The more time the Prattville divorce lawyer foresees having to work on your case, the higher the up-front retainer will be. Our Prattville and Montgomery divorce attorneys generally try to keep them as low as possible as long as there are no seriously contested issues, no children, and no substantial assets, but call our divorce lawyer today to get a quote from our divorce attorney over the phone.  There are many local requirements in contested divorce matters, but the types of filings and pleadings can vary greatly depending on the facts of your particular case.

The process for a quick Autauga County uncontested divorce is pretty simple with us. We gather some information from you about you and your spouse’s agreement. Then you submit a questionnaire, which you can fill out online, email, mail, or dropping it off at our office. You can pay the attorney fees online or at our office as well. Once we have the questionnaire and payment, we will contact you to discuss everything. After that, our divorce attorney prepares your paperwork and you and your spouse get it signed and returned to us with the filing fee.

After receiving the signed paperwork and filing fee we take it from there. We file it and obtain your divorce decree as fast as possible for you. The quickest you can have the divorce be official is thirty days from the filing date. However, some judges will issue something called an interlocutory decree. This is where the judge issues your divorce decree the day we file it electronically, but it states on the decree that it does not take effect for thirty days. So in those counties that do this, you can technically get your decree within a day or two, but it will not be effective for about a month.

Our local divorce lawyers are here to answer any questions you may have and can even do an in-person consultation if you wish. However, you do not have to meet in person for a quick and fast divorce. If both spouses have an agreement that they are comfortable with and have no questions for the attorney, then it is mostly just paperwork to be prepared, signed, and filed with the Court.

If everyone is in agreement about all issues in the marriage such as child support and property division then you may be able to get an online divorce in Autauga County. To do a divorce completely online with no court hearings, you must file an uncontested divorce.

An uncontested divorce is the simplest way to get divorced in Autauga County, Alabama. Our online divorce attorneys are currently offering discounted flat fees for an uncontested divorce.  Our local Prattville divorce lawyer can offer these flat fees since there are no hearings and as long as both of you are in complete agreement and sign all of the paperwork we prepare.

There is also a filing fee in an online divorce. All counties charge this fee for a case to be filed and they vary from one county to the next. When you call our online divorce lawyer then we will let you know the filing fee in Autauga County.

It is called an online divorce because the actual case is filed electronically and there are usually no hearings. Therefore, if you can deal with our office virtually and over the phone the entire way then it can all be done online in most cases. You and your spouse do have to physically sign the paperwork and mail it (or drop it off) to our office. Then we scan in the signed paperwork and file it electronically. The judge signs the decree and approves your agreement without any court in most cases.