The Harris Firm LLC
The Harris Firm practices mainly in the areas of bankruptcy, personal injury, social security disability, divorce and family law, and wills. We have offices across Alabama in Montgomery, Anniston, Huntsville, and Birmingham.
When filing for divorce it is important that you retain a local Birmingham divorce lawyer to counsel you through the process. If you are interested in a contested divorce or a default divorce in Jefferson or Shelby County, then you can contact our office to discuss our fees and go over the process together over the phone. If you are considering a quick and cheap divorce in Birmingham, then you should consider an uncontested divorce. This process involves mostly paperwork as long as the two of you have agreed on every single marital issue. You would just need to fill out a questionnaire explaining what you've agreed to (along with additional information necessary to prepare all of the required forms and documents) and return it to us in order to get the process started.
The process of filing for a no contest or uncontested divorce is fairly simple. When you call us, then we can answer any questions you may have over the phone and an in office consultation is usually not necessary. However, both you and your spouse must have reached an agreement in order to file for 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. This is where one party files for divorce and serves the other party with the divorce paperwork. The other spouse, once served, has a limited amount of time to respond and if they do not, then the filing party may be able to receive their divorce by default. If the other party does respond, then there will usually be hearings set and a contested divorce will begin. A contested divorce continues until both parties either reach an agreement as to all contested issues or have a trial and let the judge in their case decide these issues for them.
We can help you get a contested divorce, but the fees are much higher. We will require a retainer up front of anywhere from $1500 to $4000 or more, depending on your circumstances. The divorce attorney then bills out of that retainer at an hourly rate until he or she has worked enough so that the retainer is empty. At that point you have to refill the retainer in order for the attorney to keep working on the case. Call us today and speak with our divorce attorney Jason Overton and he can give you a quick phone consultation and quote you a retainer fee for your particular case.
It is always cheaper and simpler to reach an agreement beforehand and file an uncontested divorce, but if that is not possible then call our Birmingham divorce lawyers to discuss the contested divorce process in your county.
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