[Divorce] Simplest and cheapest preferred

Well, sounds like a win-win for both parties...I hope it goes smoothly as it rarely does...As long as you guys are on good terms and agreeable, then the lawyers should be able to do the paper work and be done with it...I have no experience in an easy divorce so good luck...

 

Wow swilkins I just read your post again from last summer. To forgive your wife, you must be a saint. If any woman pulled that on me, I'd pull out my rolodex of classmates

 

If there's no kids, and both parties agree on who gets what......it's a pretty simple process.

Get on-line and print out the forms. Get them signed by both of you. Submit the paperwork to the courthouse. I think you have to wait 2 months, then go back and fill out some other forms. and bang, that's it. I think there's a filing fee, or a court fee.....50-100 bucks or something like that.

Good luck buddy.

 

swilkins ---

so sorry for all this. so encouraged by your outlook and your willingness to forgive. that's awesome. inspiring.

 

might i suggest?

 

Link?

 

I went to www.legalzoom.com and they did mine. It was about $350 and then court costs (which are minimal). Smartest thing I ever did.

 

I'm gonna have to bookmark this thread. Luckily our's will be really simple. Of course, now she's saying she's not sure what she thinks anymore, so who knows how long it's gonna be.

Who knows for sure how long the waiting period is between filing and it being final? I told her that I would do none of the work, but would pay my share. A month ago she said she was going to file, but still hasn't done it. If she hasn't done it by September 1 and hasn't said one way or another regarding reconciliation, I'm filing myself.

 

http://divorcecourt.com/inside.asp?category_id=49

tell us when you're on!

 

I went down to the Travis County Courthouse, here in Austin, and picked up a Pro-Se Divorce packet from their library. It has all the documents for you to fill in yourself (PDF versions are available online).

They also have a reference attorney to review the documents and make sure you did everything correctly before filing.

I filed the paperwork, waited the 60 days and went back to the courthouse and got on the docket.

At least in Travis County, they had very good instructions on what to do and when to do it as long as the divorce is uncontested.

I think it costs roughly $250 to file. Fast and cheap.

For the curious, I filed last November and it was made official in February. We made it 14 years. We have two boys together, 14 and 10.

I feel like I was paroled from a life sentence.

 

I did a search for "swilkins marriage." It's the only thread that comes up.

swilkins, you should share your story of recovery with others...if that story had happened to us we would be bitter, angry, vengeful, etc.

 

absolutely. no matter what you believe about God, the Sermon on the Mount is revolutionary stuff that changes lives for the better.

 

One of the best posts I've read here...

thanks

 

Pro Se Divorce Handbook -
http://www.texasbar.com/Template.cf...EMPLATE=/ContentManagement/ContentDisplay.cfm

 

You're cool swilkins! Awesome post!

 

i did mine online - as long as there are no kids and it's uncontested, it cost... $62 and change.

you file, wait the mandatory 60 days (who knows why - you only have to wait 7 days for a gun - which is much easier), go to court, fill-in this little "speech" worksheet that you then read aloud in court. the judge agrees, bangs her gavel and the drinking can then commence .0002 seconds later.