A divorce is uncontested if both parties agree to all issues of custody, parenting time, property division, debt, and support. The vast majority of divorces in the United States resolve by agreement. In fact, most divorcing couples never see the inside of a courtroom.

An uncontested divorce requires the filing of a Petition for Dissolution, a financial disclosure, and a settlement agreement. The settlement agreement is the document that sets forth the parties' agreement on all issues. At the conclusion of the divorce, the settlement agreement becomes an enforceable court order.

The fee for our Uncontested Divorce service is $497, plus the filing fee required of the Circuit Court Clerk in the County where your divorce is filed. This fee ranges from $157 to $332, depending on the County. This fee is nonrefundable.

You will only be charged more if you request additional services, or if the court requires a hearing in your case. Additional services include the drafting of deeds, qualified orders, an update to your will, or the request of further revisions on top of the one-time revisions included in this package.

Once you complete our intake process, our attorneys draft your documents within a few business days. We will file your divorce immediately after you and your spouse sign the pleadings and settlement. If there are no minor children, the court will ordinarily sign your divorce decree within a couple weeks.

If you have minor children, Kentucky law requires the courts to wait 60 days before signing a divorce decree. We will submit your decree for signature at the expiration of 60 days. Once submitted, the court will ordinarily sign the decree within 7-10 days.

Indiana law requires you to wait 60 days after we file all of the documents before requesting your divorce decree. We will submit your decree for signature at the expiration of the 60 days.

The court does not ordinarily require the parties to attend a hearing. However, the court’s roll in an uncontested divorce is to review your settlement agreement and find that it is not unconscionable. This loosely means that the court reviews the agreement to ensure it is fair. If the court has questions about your agreement or the fairness of the agreement, the court will schedule a hearing. Your attorney will be able to advise you about the fairness of the agreement and the likelihood of the court requiring an appearance.

Once your attorney drafts all of the required documents, you will be able to sign your documents remotely, via Zoom or similar, before a Notary public. You may also choose to sign before any notary – your bank, your office, or a nearby office supply store. To locate a notary near you, click here.

All statutorily required testimony can be taken by affidavit, which we will prepare for you. Once all of the documents are signed and filed with the court, the final decree can be submitted to the judge for his or her signature.

Most courts require that you and your spouse attend a divorce education class. The goal of the program is to help parents avoid many of the emotional and behavioral pitfalls often associated with divorce. More information about the Kentucky programs can be found here.

We perform a conflict check as a first step before we are hired. We, as attorneys, have ethical obligations to our clients, former clients, and prospective clients to decline any representation that would compromise their interests. So, before we are hired, we check a database to ensure that no conflict of interest exists that would prevent our representation of you. In some cases, when a conflict of interest is found, it can be waived by written agreement.

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