There are 3 ways to divorce in USA.
1. agreement divorce (most common way)
: both people agreed at everything (alimony, child support, costody) then buy the divorce paper and write down everything you guys agreed and file it at the court.
it is the cheapest way for divorce.
it will take 60~90 days to finish divorce.
if you dont have kids or your kids are grown up then it will take 60 days but if you have kids and they are under 18 years old, the process will take 90 days for divorce.
you don't need to hire a lawyer.
if you want to curculate the child support fee, call the court and ask the staff about free counceling for child support curculating.
the average cost is under $500 include the form fee.
2. suit divorce ( fight in court )
: if you both can't make agreement,
hire a lawyer to sue the other person.
make sure you don't tell your partner before you file the paper first. first of all, you need to find a lawyer and don't get caught by your partner.
it will takes more than a year to finish divorce process.
and you will spend more than $15,000~$25,000. this is just average cost.
3. Mediation divorce.
Only this case doesn't need a court. so, you can save your time. it will take only a month. or a month and a half. that's it!
but it will require a mediator. so you need to hire an lawyer who has mediation lisence, and he will mediate you both. the average cost is $1,200~ $1,500.
Mediators charge about $200 an hour. So, if you wanna save your money, make agreement as possible as you guys can and then call the mediator.
The advantage of mediation is that it takes the shortest time, and various conditions can be written on the document which you can't write down on court paper form.
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