Uncontested/Agreed divorce (flat fee contract)

Mary E. Ramos // Attorney At Law // // Divorce Blog:

We are expanding our practice to major cities in Texas where electronic filing is available for agreed divorce cases. Below is the list of agreed family law areas available in Austin, Dallas, Houston and San Antonio:

• Agreed Divorce
• Agreed Motion to Modify
• Agreed Child Name Change
• Agreed Suit Affecting P/C Relationship (SAPCR)
• Adult Name Change

Divorce is the bulk of our business. In Texas, there is Uncontested Divorce, Contested Divorce, and Divorce by Publication. We handle all three types of divorce and for your convenience, all of them can be accomplished by E-Mail, Fax, Regular Mail, or by a conventional office visit. However, flat fee cases are only offered for uncontested matters. Uncontested Divorce tends to be the quickest, least expensive, and least complicated way to divorce in Texas.

To qualify, both spouses must meet all five of the following requirements:

• Agree to be divorced.
• Reach an agreement on all issues.
• Utilize only one attorney (Representing one party).
• Voluntarily sign all papers without service on any party.
• Assets valued less than $500,000.

Do Not Use This Process if:

• You and your spouse disagree about any issue in your divorce.
  
• You or your spouse wants to file specific grounds for divorce, such as cruelty or adultery. An uncontested divorce provides for a no-fault divorce only and will be listed as "insupportability."
• You or your spouse has an ongoing bankruptcy case.
• The wife is pregnant, even if the husband is not the father.

3rd Party Considerations:

• Wife has had a child by another man since the date of marriage.
• This case requires that bio-dad is included in the suit.
• An additional fee is required for intervening the 3rd party into the suit.
• 3rd party must sign a waiver of service.

Simply put, a Contested Divorce situation exists when one or more of the five requirements listed above are absent. Divorce by Publication is available to those individuals seeking divorce with no knowledge of their spouse's whereabouts.

To get started, please mail, fax, or E-Mail the completed client questionnaire and uncontested divorce flat fee contract to me along with your cashier's check, certified check, money order, personal check, or credit card authorization in the amount of your total fees.

Within 7-10 business days from the date your paperwork is received, we will prepare your petition for divorce and waiver of service. After receipt of your waiver of service, a draft of your divorce decree will be prepared for your review and we will contact you to schedule a date to finalize your divorce case with the Court.

After your divorce is final, certified copies of your Divorce Decree can be obtained from the district clerk's office in the county where your divorce occurred. If you want us to order the certified copies for you, there is an additional charge of $100.00 and only available in Harris County.

Our fees start at $600 for a signature divorce with No children, No real estate and No retirement in Harris County. This does not include filling fees and court cost which will add $300 to all divorces. Below is a fee schedule for the most common divorces cases we receive. For a complete fee schedule please review the uncontested divorce packet linked below.

Download: Uncontested Houston Divorce Information Packet (With Form Fields)