Divorce is a very difficult decision to make because of all the emotional, financial, and family ties. Furthermore, it has a tendency to bring out the worst in everyone involved. During a divorce, it may be difficult to make the right choices. Unfortunately, emotions often prevail over logic. The Rowan Law Firm understands the sensitivity it may take to handle the situation. Don’t let a divorce eat away at your life savings and force you into bankruptcy. Call for a free consultation to discuss the facts of your case. Remember, all communication is kept personal and confidential.
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Non-Contested Divorce Fees:
Non-Contested Divorce fees range from $550.00 to $2,500.00. The range differs depending on the assets that require division between the parties, whether or not there are any children of the marriage, whether or not child support documents have to be constructed and whether or not spousal support documents must be developed for the divorce court.
The Rowan Law Firm will provide you with a free consultation to discuss the facts of your divorce. At the end of the free consultation, The Rowan Law Firm will be able to quote you a straight flat fee for your non-contested divorce.
Contested Divorce Fees:
Contested Divorce fees require a $1,500.00 non-refundable retainer that The Rowan Law Firm will bill against at the rate of $150.00 an hour. After the $1,500.00 is exhausted, we will bill the client $150.00 an hour. Our Contested Divorces generally cost our clients between $3,500.00 and $8,000.00. The Rowan Law Firm is very cost sensitive in dealing with our Divorce Clients. The Rowan Law Firm has alternative methods to assist our clients in paying for divorce. Please call for details.
The Rowan Law Firm will provide you with a free consultation to discuss the facts of your divorce. At the end of the free consultation The Rowan Law Firm may be able to estimate the total cost of your divorce.
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Non-Contested Divorce:
A typical timeline for a Non-Contested Divorce without children and very few assets to divide can take as little as two months (60 days). A typical timeline for a Non-Contested Divorce without children and a lot of assets to divide can take as little as three months (90 days). A typical Divorce with children and a lot of assets to divide can take as little as four months (120 Days).
Contested Divorce:
Contested Divorces generally take about six months to a year to complete. Here at the Rowan Law we will push your Divorce through as fast as possible. If you want a Divorce and you want it done in the fastest way possible and spending as little as possible then you have come to the right place.
The timeline for a typical contested Divorce goes as follows. In the first stage, one party to the divorce files for Divorce. The other party receiving the Divorce papers has thirty days (30 Days) to answer the Divorce papers. During the second stage, both parties will file written discovery.
Written discovery is generally called Interrogatories (i.e. Questions asking for explanations, Questions Asking for Witnesses Names, Questions asking for answers, etc.), Request for Production Of Documents (i.e. Bank Accounts, Phone records, 401K Accounts etc), and Request For Admissions (i.e. Admit you had an affair, Admit you hit me, Admit we don’t have marital relations, etc.). After each party has been served their written discovery they have thirty days (30 Days) from the date they received the written discovery to respond to the written discovery. During the third stage there will be verbal discovery called Depositions (i.e. What did you do with the dog? Where have you invested your income?, etc.) Depositions are a face to face asking of questions. The two parties’ lawyers will generally set aside one to two days to take depositions of the divorcing parties. If there are witnesses, the lawyers may or may not want to take the witnesses’ depositions for the divorce case. The third stage is mediation. The two parties must attend mediation to try to mediate their divorce. The lawyers will use the information obtained from all discovery to best position their client’s case. The fourth stage is trial. The two lawyers will obtain a trial date agreeable to both parties and a trial date will be set. The trial will generally last two days, and at the conclusion of the trial the judge will make his or her decision on all unresolved issues involving the Divorce.
The above stages and process are the reason a divorce can take more time then a party generally wants it to take and can cost more money than a party generally wants to pay. We advise our clients to strike an even balance between fighting for what they want while being conscious enough not to allow Divorce to push them into bankruptcy. Sometimes emotions take over logic when you are the one involved in a Divorce. This is why you need a cost-effective lawyer to guide you through tough Divorce Decision Making Times. We are here to help you win the battles of Divorce so you don’t lose the whole war.
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Mediation generally is ordered by a Judge. A party to a Divorce can be forced to attend mediation, but a party to a divorce can’t be forced to agree on all issues. When this type of impasse presents itself at mediation that issue will generally be preserved for the trial. At the trial, the Judge will hear the facts concerning the issues disagreed upon at mediation, and will make generally issue a winner take all decision regarding the disagreed upon issue.
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