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Alabama Divorce FAQs - Pro SeThis is about filing your own divorce in Alabama. It describes the procedures, forms, and filing fees for filing divorce in Alabama without a lawyer. This information is from me, Lee Borden, the webmaster here at Divorceinfo.com. You can click here to read about me or here to read about my law firm, Alabama Family Law Center.
How hard is it to file my own divorce?Technically, it's not all that difficult to file your own divorce in Alabama. The problem is that there's an extremely high rejection rate for pro se divorce filings. Pro se divorce is still the exception to the rule in Alabama. And don't expect the staff at your clerk's office to be all that helpful when you try to fix the problem. That's not because they don't want to be helpful. More likely, they genuinely tried to help someone a while ago, and then got their wrist slapped when a problem developed later. As a result, they tend to be reluctant to give any advice to people about what to file or how to word pleadings. What are the papers that need to be filed?Every divorce that's filed as uncontested requires the following documents:
Nearly every divorce requires an Agreement between the two parties. And if you have minor children, you will need to file a CS-41 (affidavit of income) for each party, a CS-42 (the form on which child support is calculated), and a CS-43 (the form on which you inform the court whether you're following the child support guidelines). Click here to get a full package of the forms needed. What's the filing fee for a divorce?The fee varies by county. In Jefferson County, the fee is $154. In other counties it runs between $150 and $200. Other Issues in Alabama:
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