Alabama Divorce Documents

1. Locate the Divorce Documents:  If you are familiar with which documents you will need to complete your divorce, then you can contact the Circuit Court in your county and see if they have Alabama divorce documents.  You can also go to the website for your local county court and see whether they have documents available to download.  If so, you can download all the Alabama divorce documents that apply to your situation.  (Note: You will find many documents that may not apply to your divorce situation.  You must make sure the documents you obtain are correct for your situation.)

2. Validate the Divorce Documents:  Make sure you are using the most recent documents for the Circuit Court in your county.  Most divorce documents will include a date on the bottom of the form, showing that it is current.

3. Educate yourself with court procedures:  Be careful to perform all the steps necessary to complete your divorce.  If you don't file the documents in the proper order, or send out notices properly, or serve you spouse properly, your divorce will be postponed, or dismissed.  So please familiar yourself with the divorce process if you are doing a divorce without the assistance of an attorney or online divorce service.

   If you are NOT familiar with doing divorces yourself.

1. Online Divorce Services:  Use a reputable online divorce service that will prepare professional divorce documents that are guaranteed to be accepted by the Alabama Circuit Court in the county where you reside.  Also use a company who is well-established and will be available to answer your questions and provide the support you will need to complete your divorce.  They will need to be very knowledgeable of the Alabama divorce procedures and familiar with the Alabama divorce documents.

2. Prepare Divorce Documents for you:  Hire a website like ReliableDivorce.com to prepare your Alabama divorce documents.  This will insure that your divorce documents are correct, and that you have proper guidance throughout the entire process. 

3. Divorce Service Guarantees:  Be careful when using an online divorce service and make sure they use current forms and guarantee their service.  Some online divorce services do not update their forms often enough to provide you with current divorce documents. Be sure you get the current divorce documents for your county. 

4. Dealing with Court Clerks:  For the most part, the court clerk is there to assist you in filing your divorce documents with the court.  They will take your documents, stamp a case number on your documents, and in some circumstances, they will let you know the next step of the divorce process.  Be aware that in most situations, the court clerk will not provide any assistance.

With the help of a well-established online divorce service, you can be assured that you have the correct Alabama divorce documents for filing with your local Alabama Circuit Court.

Alabama Divorce documents with children:  If you have children, you will need divorce documents that include provisions for custody and support.  Divorce documents that are filed in Alabama will require certain documents in relation to custody and child support.  The Alabama divorce documents for a divorce with children will include a "Standard Parenting Clauses" document, "Order/Notice to Withhold Income for Child Support", "Additional Information to Employers and other Withholders", "Child Support Information Sheet" as well as assorted child support guideline worksheet forms.  You will be required to present all the required documents to the court before the Judge will finalize your divorce.

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