Uncontested Divorces in Alabama

If you and your spouse have already reached an agreement concerning all of your marital issues, then you may be able to get an easy uncontested divorce in Alabama without any court.  A cheap uncontested divorce is where a married couple executes a settlement agreement resolving all of their issues and gets a local divorce attorney to submit the paperwork to the Court. If the judge approves your agreement, then there are usually no hearings, and you can obtain your divorce quickly and easily. Give our uncontested divorce lawyers a call today for more information about getting a simple online divorce in Alabama.

An uncontested divorce in Alabama may require additional fees if there are substantial tax considerations, paternity issues, certain types of property division, retirement issues, or any other complex matters that would require more time of the attorney. For example, if there is a jointly owned marital home that one spouse is giving to the other in the divorce then a deed will need to be executed. This is done separately from the divorce with deeds usually executed by the parties and recorded in the local probate court in the county where the property is located.

When the uncontested divorce is filed, there is also a filing fee that varies from county to county. You will need to pay it before we start the divorce since we must pay it to the local court when we file the case online for you. Call our uncontested divorce lawyer to find out the filing fee where you live.

Whenever a divorce is started in the State of Alabama, it is usually designated as either an uncontested divorce or a contested divorce. Uncontested divorces in Alabama are sometimes called no-fault divorces and are generally the easiest way to get a simple and cheap divorce.  It is where both spouses reach an agreement before anything is ever started in the courts. This agreement is then submitted at the beginning of the divorce, right when the case begins, to show that there are no unresolved or contested issues. Reaching an agreement before obtaining your attorney is the best way to get a quick and easy divorce.

To get a divorce, there must be grounds alleged in the Complaint. There are a number of different grounds you can claim as the reason for the divorce such as adultery, bigotry, and many others. However, in most uncontested divorces the grounds are usually irreconcilable differences or incompatibility since that is the easiest way to get the divorce granted without testimony in person.

If you were to allege a divorce based on the grounds of adultery, you have to prove it and a written testimony might not be sufficient. That means a judge might want in person testimony or other evidence presented at a hearing to prove the adultery. On the other hand, by asking for a divorce based on the simplest of grounds, such as incompatibility, a written testimony claiming the proof of in compatibility is usually enough for most judges, which is why it is the grounds claimed for most uncontested divorces.

The attorney’s fees in an uncontested divorce are almost always more affordable than doing a divorce without an agreement. This is because there are no contested issues for the uncontested divorce lawyer to litigate, allowing for a much simpler and inexpensive process. In an uncontested divorce, the necessary documents are typically prepared by a divorce lawyer in Montgomery, Huntsville, or anywhere else in Alabama.  Once the documents are signed and properly executed, then they are recorded with the appropriate court. Since an agreement has been signed with all of the other documents, it is designated an uncontested divorce.

The Court will typically not sign the divorce decree for at least thirty days, but in an uncontested divorce, both spouses will usually be receiving their Final Decree of Divorce about a month or so after it starts usually (depending on the county you are in). There are typically no hearings or court dates in an Alabama uncontested divorce since an agreement has been reached concerning the division of marital assets, custody, and other such matters.

Some counties have a different process for obtaining an uncontested divorce than others and each county can have its unique document requirements.  However, our uncontested divorce lawyers handle hundreds of uncontested divorces every year in almost every part of the state and are familiar with the requirements necessary for you to receive a cheap divorce no matter where you.

In contrast to an uncontested or no-fault divorce, a contested divorce is when one spouse starts the divorce without an agreement having been reached.  In response to this, the other spouse usually gets an uncontested divorce lawyer and responds by preparing a document called an Answer.

At this point, both spouses, through their respective attorneys, will try to reach an agreement.  Eventually, if no agreement can be reached, then both parties will go to trial (many months and in some cases well over a year later) and have a Judge decide such things for them as custody, visitation, and marital property division.  The attorney fees in a contested divorce are much higher than in an uncontested proceeding, and the process usually takes longer since there are contested issues to be resolved.

Is it possible to get a cheap divorce in Alabama? Yes, if you are getting an uncontested divorce. Our uncontested divorce lawyers are currently charging flat fees for simple no-fault or uncontested divorces in Alabama.  In order to do a cheap uncontested divorce, you would need to be in complete agreement with your spouse. Once you let us know this agreement, then our divorce lawyers will prepare the divorce paperwork for you both to sign and return to us to file with the Court. Since it is all filed online and there is usually not any court, we can charge a lower flat fee to help you get the divorce decree. ‘

When you retain us to handle your cheap divorce then our local Birmingham divorce attorneys will:  1) prepare all of your documents, including your agreement for you; 2) counsel you and answer any questions you may have about the divorce process; 3) prepare your divorce documents once they are properly signed and executed; and 4) work to ensure that the judge signs the divorce decree and that the process goes as quickly as possible. All of our easy and cheap divorces are filed online now so we can file it in any county in Alabama for you.

To do an uncontested divorce cheaply and easily, all parties must be in complete agreement on all marital issues. For example, if there is something that is not addressed in your agreement when it is filed, especially concerning the minor children, then the judge will likely issue something called a deficiency and allow you to address it.

So, if you do not address that issue the judge can schedule a hearing or dismiss the uncontested divorce and all of these things can mean more money in attorney fees if you want the lawyer to continue working on your cheap divorce. This is why if you want a cheap divorce in Alabama, then it is important that all issues are addressed in the paperwork that is filed with the Court to ensure you get the divorce completed as easily as possible.

In other words, we are able to charge the discounted attorney fee rate since we are just preparing your paperwork and, once you and your spouse have properly executed it, filing it with the Court and getting the decree to the judge to sign. Therefore, if you cannot get the documents signed or your spouse is refusing to sign them, then getting a cheap divorce in Alabama is not going to work and you will need to file a contested divorce.

An uncontested divorce is almost always the best way to obtain a cheap divorce while allowing both parties to have the marital dissolution become final as quickly as possible and not drag on in the courts. If you are looking for a fast and affordable divorce lawyer, then give us a call today for more information.

The uncontested divorce process is pretty quick with us. We gather some information from you about you and your spouse’s agreement in order to start the quick divorce process. 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 getting the quick divorce process started. After that, our family law 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 your quick divorce 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 fast 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 about getting a quick divorce and can even do an in-person consultation if you wish. However, you do not have to meet in person for a quick 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.

An uncontested divorce is always the quickest and easiest way to get divorced without dragging it out in the courts. If you are looking for a quick divorce, then give our local divorce attorney in Huntsville, or wherever you live, a call today for more information.