Northport Divorce Lawyer & Divorce Attorneys

If you are needing a Northport divorce lawyer, then the first question to ask is whether it is contested or uncontested. If you and your spouse are in agreement concerning all issues such as property division, child support, and all other issues from the marriage, then our Northport divorce lawyers can help you get an uncontested divorce.

If you know your spouse will not agree to anything, then you will have to file a contested divorce and we can file that for you as well. The difference is that a contested divorce takes much longer and is more expensive since our divorce attorneys in Northport will need to argue your case before the judge versus when there is an agreement, and we just file your uncontested divorce paperwork.

Contested divorces are expensive up front because our Northport divorce lawyer has to file your divorce case with no agreement and so they are unsure how long the case will last or whether it will go to trial, or an agreement will be reached. Due to this uncertainty, we require something called a retainer up front. The divorce lawyer in Tuscaloosa and Northport bills hourly out of this retainer so that the more work we have to do on your matter the more you will have to pay. This also means if both parties can settle their differences early on, then it will not be as expensive.

Once filed, a contested divorce will involve serving the other party and then going to hearings and conducting discovery. If after the discovery is over the parties have not agreed, then it will likely go to something called mediation. After that, if the parties cannot reach an agreement at mediation, then the judge holds a full-blown trial and decides the issues for the parties.

In contrast to this, filing an uncontested divorce is the easiest and simplest way to get a cheap divorce in Tuscaloosa County. Our Northport divorce attorneys are currently offering discounted flat fees for uncontested divorces in Tuscaloosa County, Bibb County, and throughout Western Alabama.

The uncontested divorce in Northport 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 the county charges when a divorce is filed. This filing fee varies from county to county. Give our Northport divorce lawyer a call today for more information about the filing fee in your county.

The process of filing an uncontested divorce is pretty simple. We can answer most questions you have over the phone and an in-office consultation is usually not necessary.  Also, in an uncontested divorce there is no court most of the time. However, both you and your spouse must have reached an agreement in order to do an uncontested divorce.

If an agreement cannot be reached and you wish to get divorced, then you will likely have to file a contested divorce.  A contested divorce can last a long time, until both parties either reach an agreement or have a trial and let the judge decide these things for them. Our Northport divorce lawyers can help you get a contested divorce, but we do require a retainer up front to do so.

The divorce attorney in Jefferson County or Tuscaloosa County (depending on where you have to file your divorce) then bills from that retainer at an hourly rate until it is empty or the case resolves. If it runs out before the case is over, you will have to refill that retainer so the longer the divorce case goes on the more expensive it will likely be. Call us today and speak with our divorce attorney in Northport and we can give you an easy and safe phone consultation to quote a retainer fee that fits your case.

It is always cheaper and simpler to reach an agreement beforehand and file an uncontested divorce, but that is not always possible. Call our divorce lawyer to discuss the process today.

Our divorce lawyers in Northport can help you file a contested divorce and fight for you at trial. Unlike the uncontested route, the contested divorce fees are significantly higher. To get a quote for us to handle your contested divorce just give our Northport divorce lawyer a call today.

When there are minor children involved, the retainers are usually more than if there are no minor children. Similarly, if there is no property it is not as much up front as if there is a lot of valuable assets. If you call us today, our family law attorneys in Northport can go over your case and inform you of the retainer required up front to get started.

Our Tuscaloosa office is located in downtown Tuscaloosa and our local divorce attorney in Northport regularly files divorces in Bibb County and Tuscaloosa County.  If you call our Northport divorce attorneys today, then we can answer any questions you may have, including helping to determine what courthouse to file your divorce in.