Scottsboro Divorce Attorneys & Divorce Lawyers

Our Scottsboro divorce lawyers are currently offering discounted flat fees to handle your uncontested divorce in Jackson County, Alabama. An uncontested divorce is the cheapest and simplest way to get divorced. If you live in Scottsboro or the surrounding areas of Section, Pikeville, Pisgah, Bridgeport, or Stevenson, then you will likely be filing your divorce in Jackson County. Scottsboro is the county seat of Jackson County with the county courthouse located in downtown Scottsboro. Each county charges a fee to file your divorce so call us for the filing fee where you live. 

Many counties have certain local requirements and Jackson 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 divorces in your county, since they will be familiar with such local rules.

Our family law attorney knows the local requirements in Jackson County and can ensure you get your divorce decree as quickly and easily as possible in an uncontested divorce.  If the parties are not in agreement, then you will have to file a contested divorce which is much more expensive and time consuming. Our Scottsboro divorce lawyer requires something called a retainer, which are thousands of dollars the exact amount depending on the circumstances. Call The Harris Firm for a quote today!

If you are seeking a divorce in the Scottsboro area, then it is important to retain a local Scottsboro divorce lawyer to handle your case. There are generally two ways to file for divorce, uncontested and contested. If you and your spouse are in complete agreement on everything, then you can file an uncontested divorce and get your divorce as quickly and easily as possible. Even when considering a quick and cheap uncontested divorce, having a local Scottsboro divorce lawyer that knows the requirements of your county will ensure that everything goes smoothly.

The Jackson County courts have certain local rules in an uncontested divorce filing that other counties do not have, and our divorce attorneys in Scottsboro are familiar with these county specific requirements. Unlike most other counties, in Jackson County the Plaintiff has to physically go to the clerk’s office to give testimony at the courthouse. In most other 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.

The Jackson County Courts also have a parenting course requirement that each parent must complete and obtain a certificate of completion in order to get their divorce decree. Call our Scottsboro divorce lawyer today for more information about this Jackson County parenting course requirement. If you are interested in an uncontested divorce, then you can get started by filling out a questionnaire online by going to our divorce questionnaire page.

Are you interested in filing a contested divorce in Alabama? This is where you file for divorce without an agreement being reached. A contested divorce is much more expensive and time consuming than an uncontested divorce. You will have to go to court and your attorney fees will be thousands of dollars in most cases. Simply contact our divorce lawyer to get a quote for a contested divorce in your county.

A contested divorce is begun when someone files a Complaint and has their spouse served with the documents. Upon receipt of this filing, they have thirty days to file a reply to the complaint referred to as an Answer. Once this is done, both parties will go to court with their respective attorneys. If both parties are still unable to reconcile their differences, this will be left for a judge to decide at a trial. If you are considering a contested divorce, feel free to call our Scottsboro divorce lawyer for more information.

Our Jackson County divorce attorneys are charging low flat rates for simple uncontested divorces.  The flat fee does not include the filing fee, which varies from county to county.

It is important to have a local Jackson 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 Jackson County divorce attorney can always do a phone or video consultation. Therefore, there is never any requirement to meet in person at the office.

Your Jackson County uncontested divorce is mostly paperwork. Both spouses need to sign, execute, and return the paperwork for us to file the uncontested divorce. Once our Scottsboro 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 Jackson County Court, then the Judge will sign your divorce decree. You can get a fast online divorce in Jackson County since we prepared everything correctly and it has been signed by both parties.

Call our Jackson County uncontested 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.