Uncontested Divorces in Dothan

If you and your spouse have already reached an agreement concerning all of your marital issues such as custody, child support, visitation, and property distribution, then you should be able to get a quick and easy uncontested divorce in Houston County, Alabama. Our Dothan divorce lawyers are currently offering discounted flat fees to help you obtain a cheap uncontested divorce in Dothan, Alabama.

The uncontested divorce may require additional fees if there are substantial property, business interests, paternity issues, retirement issues, or other complex issues that would require more time of the attorney. There is also a filing fee that the county charges when a divorce is filed. This filing fee varies from county to county. Give our Dothan divorce lawyer a call today for more information about the filing fee in your county.

If you live in Dothan or the surrounding areas of Gordon, Cowarts, Cottonwood, Ashford, Webb, Taylor, or Webb, then you will likely be filing your divorce in Houston County. Dothan is the county seat of Houston County with the courthouse located in downtown Dothan. Many counties have particular local requirements for filing an uncontested divorce and Houston County is no different. This is why it is important to retain a divorce attorney that is licensed to practice law in Alabama and regularly files uncontested divorces in Houston County, since they will be familiar with these local rules. If you need an easy uncontested divorce, then our Dothan divorce lawyer can help.

Each county charges a fee that we must pay when we file a divorce. Therefore, you will have to pay for this filing fee in addition to the attorney fees if you want us to file the signed paperwork for you after both parties have properly executed the papers. The filing fee varies from county to county. If you want to get the process started, you can request us to mail or email you a questionnaire or you can fill one out online by going to our divorce questionnaire page. If you have additional questions, then give us a call and speak with one of our Dothan divorce attorneys today.

Going through a divorce can be a lengthy, bitter, and exhausting process. Many spouses worry about having their life put on hold while they wait for a court date, while also paying their divorce lawyers thousands of dollars in retainer fees.

Filing for divorce, and in the meantime having to deal with the ongoing battle between both spouses and their attorneys, can be quite cumbersome to handle, many times not being worth the energy and money involved. If an agreement can be reached in the beginning, it could save a lot of hassle, time, and money.

Before instituting any legal proceeding, it is a smart move to consult a local Dothan divorce attorney in your location who is vast, well-trained and acquitted with the practice of that jurisdiction. Filing a divorce without an agreement is sometimes called a contested divorce. This is very expensive since the divorce attorney will have to go to court and advocate for you at hearings. Most Dothan divorce lawyers will require thousands of dollars in retainer fees up front to file such a case for you. The attorney then bills hourly so that the longer the divorce lasts the more expensive it will be.

An uncontested divorce in Alabama is much easier and cheaper. It is where the two of you reach an agreement and we file your agreement so that the judge has no contested issues to resolve. In an uncontested divorce there are usually no hearings, and it is not always necessary to actually meet with our Dothan divorce lawyer, with most consultations being done over the phone. However, in Houston County, there is an unusual local rule that must be followed even in uncontested divorces.

In Houston County, the Plaintiff usually has to physically go to the clerk’s office to give testimony at the courthouse. In most counties you can give testimony by signing an affidavit and filing it electronically with the Court. The judge uses this as the evidence that allows them to grant your divorce without ever having to go to court.

Lastly, there are other core requirements demanded by this county which can only be within the exclusive knowledge of an attorney practicing in that jurisdiction. Therefore, getting your divorce paperwork done from a national online company or an inexperienced attorney would put you at risk of getting defective documents for filing. Our Dothan divorce lawyers are very experienced with these rules and in an uncontested divorce we can ensure you get your divorce decree as soon as quickly and easily as possible.

There are usually two ways to file for a divorce in Houston County, Alabama, uncontested or contested. You can file a simple uncontested divorce if you and your spouse have reached an agreement as to all of your marital issues. If such an agreement has not been reached, and does not seem possible, then a contested divorce will need to be filed. Our Dothan divorce lawyers can help you with this, but the attorney’s fees are much more than in an uncontested divorce. To begin the contested divorce process, your attorney will file a document called a Complaint for you and have your spouse served with this filing.

The served spouse will then file a document called an Answer and a date for hearing will be fixed to enable both parties and their attorneys to argue their cases in front of the judge. If you have any questions or you want more details, feel free to call our office to speak to a family law lawyer for assistance. To commence filing your contested divorce, we may have some in-office time with you in our Montgomery office. However, if you want to file an uncontested divorce, an over the phone interaction will usually be sufficient.

Our local divorce attorney in Montgomery regularly files divorces all across the State of Alabama and is a member of the local Montgomery Bar Association, Montgomery Chamber of Commerce, and the Central Alabama Better Business Bureau. If you have any questions about filing for divorce in Houston County, then give our Dothan divorce attorneys a call today for a consultation in person or over the phone.