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Do you need a local divorce attorney to fight for you? If so, then our Decatur divorce lawyers can help! We are charging a low flat fee to handle easy uncontested divorces, but if your spouse is not in agreement then we can handle your contested divorce as well. If you live in Morgan County, then give our local Decatur divorce attorney a call today for a consultation.
If you are not in agreement then you will need to file a contested divorce in Decatur, Alabama. Contested divorces require something called a retainer, which is an amount you pay the attorney who bills hourly out of it. Retainers can be thousands of dollars depending on your circumstances, but to get an exact quote of what we will need up front to get started you will need a consultation with our local divorce attorney in Morgan County, Alabama.
Our Decatur divorce lawyer can handle your divorce in Morgan County, Limestone County, Athens, Lacey’s Spring, Hartselle, and the surrounding areas of Northern Alabama. If you need a Decatur divorce lawyer to fight for you, then give us a call today for a quote.
Trusted Contested Divorce Attorneys in Decatur
We can help whether your divorce is contested or uncontested. If contested, then you can call and get a quote on the retainer required for your case. The process for a contested divorce is much longer and more expensive than an uncontested divorce in Morgan County.
Our divorce lawyers will file your contested divorce with a document called a Complaint. The Complaint for divorce will spell out the grounds for divorce (the reason for the divorce such as incompatibility) and what you are wanting to be awarded at trial. Then the other spouse is served the filing and discovery begins.
The discovery process is where both attorneys gather evidence to use at the contested divorce trial. Such things as financial records or answers to questions that will be asked at a future trial are regularly used. For example, if your spouse answers the interrogatories that you send them stating something that you can prove to be untrue, then that would be used at trial during cross-examination to discredit them. In other words, interrogatories are a way to lock down someone’s statements so when they get to trial, if they say something contrary to this they seem to be lying.
Financial records can be used to show fraud or other such things at trial. It could show the source of funds that you are requesting, which can be important as well. In other words, the evidence gathered during discovery is what is used at the trial to win, or lose, your case.
If you want to get the process started for a divorce in Morgan County, then you can call our office today to set up a consultation with our Decatur and Hartselle divorce lawyer. If you and your spouse are not in complete agreement then we can file your contested divorce for you. If you have any questions about this then feel free to call our Decatur divorce lawyers today.
If you are looking for a divorce lawyer in Hartselle, Decatur, Florence, Athens, Priceville, Eva, Brooksville, Lacey’s Spring, or Moulton Heights then your divorce will most likely be filed in the Circuit Court of Morgan County, Lauderdale County, or Limestone County, Alabama. Our Decatur divorce lawyers are aware of the local requirements in Morgan County, Limestone County, and all of the counties across the State of Alabama. So if you retain us to do your uncontested divorce our attorney will prepare all of the documents necessary to get your quick and easy divorce in whatever county you file in.
An uncontested divorce is mostly paperwork and is a quick and easy way to get a divorce in Decatur, Alabama. As long as the judge approves your agreement then there should be no need for any hearings or court dates in an uncontested divorce. However, if you need a divorce attorney to fight for you in court, we do that too.
The City of Decatur is the seat of Morgan County, and the Morgan County Circuit Clerk’s office is located downtown. In an uncontested divorce, you don’t necessarily have to come into the office and meet with the Decatur divorce attorney in person. Since it is mostly paperwork and you and your spouse have already done the hard work of reaching an agreement, a phone discussion or two can usually answer all of your questions before and during the process. If you have questions about an uncontested divorce in Morgan County then give our Decatur divorce lawyers a call for a consultation.
Quick & Easy Uncontested Divorces in Decatur
It is important to have a local Morgan County divorce lawyer file your uncontested divorce for you. Everything can be done online and there is no need to miss work at all in most cases. In an uncontested divorce, our Decatur and Cullman divorce attorney can always do a phone or video consultation. Therefore, there is never any requirement to meet in person at the office.
Your easy uncontested divorce is mostly paperwork. Both spouses need to sign, execute, and return the paperwork for us to file the uncontested divorce. Once our divorce attorneys get the paperwork, we file the divorce online. You will get your divorce decree about a month or two later. There is no court as long as your agreement is approved by the judge. Unless you are doing something unusual or if it is something not in the best interest of the children, the agreement should be approved.
This is possible due to both of you having signed a written contractual agreement. There is nothing for a judge to decide since the two of you have already decided everything by agreement. If all of your paperwork has been prepared and signed in accordance with the local rules of the Morgan County Court, then the Judge will sign your divorce decree. You can get a fast and cheap divorce in Morgan County since we prepared everything correctly and it has been signed by both parties.
Call our Morgan County online divorce attorneys today on how the process works. To get it started, you just need to get us the questionnaire explaining what the agreement actually is. Then our uncontested divorce lawyer prepares the paperwork for everyone to sign and return to us to file. If you need a divorce attorney in Hartselle, Decatur, or anywhere else in Morgan County then give us a call today.
Online Divorces in Morgan County
The first step to getting a cheap divorce in Morgan County is to make sure that you and your spouse are in complete agreement. By reaching an agreement early in the process, you can do something called an uncontested divorce. A no fault or uncontested divorce means you agree on child support, property division, and all other matters. If there is anything still not agreed upon, then it is not an uncontested divorce since that issue will need to be potentially litigated at a future divorce trial.
That means you must agree on child support and even visitation arrangements. If there is something that is not addressed in your agreement, then the judge might issue something called a deficiency and make you fix the issue or have your case dismissed.
As long as both of you are in complete agreement on all issues then an uncontested divorce is mostly paperwork in Morgan County, Alabama. There is no court and you both just sign the paperwork we prepare, return it to us to file, and we scan it in and file it all online. Then the judge signs your decree and that’s it. It can be very quick and easy if you are both cooperating and working together to ensure everything goes smoothly.
This is why if you want a cheap divorce, then it is important that all issues are addressed in the divorce paperwork that is filed with the Court. We are able to charge the cheaper attorney fee rate since our local divorce lawyers are just preparing the divorce papers for both of you to sign and return to us for filing.
If your spouse is refusing to sign the divorce paperwork, then getting a cheap and easy divorce in Decatur, or anywhere else in Morgan County, is not going to work and you will need to file a contested divorce. So if you have any questions about which type of divorce you can do, then talk to our family law attorney today to see if a cheap divorce in Morgan County is possible for you!
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Divorce FAQs
It depends on which type of divorce you are doing. If you are pursuing an uncontested divorce (where you and your spouse have reached an agreement concerning all marital issues) then you can fill out our questionnaire... Read more
For a contested divorce, you will need to call and speak with one of our attorneys for a quote. However, we usually work with you to structure a low, flat fee instead of expensive retainers that are billed out of at an expensive hourly rate... Read more
As long as you or hour spouse is a resident of Alabama, then you can file here. To be a resident, you have to have resided in the State for at least six months prior to filing a case. If you both are residents of Alabama, then... Read more
An uncontested divorce is where both you and your spouse have reached an agreement about all of your marital issues such as custody, child support, division of property, and all other issues. If you have reached such an agreement... Read more
An uncontested divorce usually takes about one or two months after everything has been signed by both spouses and filed with the court. A contested divorce can take anywhere from 30 days to months or years, depending on... Read more