J. Donovan Law Group
SIMPLIFIED DIVORCE
Fees
The cost of the simplified divorce package is dependant on your circumstances. Fees range from $1,650.00 + HST and disbursements, plus personal service.
Process Explained
Your divorce has been approved for the simplified divorce process.
To prepare for your first appointment, which is to sign, please bring your photo ID and original Marriage Certificate.
We file the Petition for Divorce and once we have it back from the Registrar’s Office, we will notify you. You will then decide if you want us to hire a process server to serve your ex (costs of process server are separate from the flat and can range from $75 to $250 plus tax). You may also have a friend or other person serve the Petition on your behalf and deal with them directly about whether a fee will be charged.
If you have a friend or other person serve the Petition for Divorce, he or she MUST come to our office and sign an Affidavit of Service swearing to the date, time, and place of service. This is a fundamental step and if we do not have a signed Affidavit of Service, your divorce will go nowhere. The person who serves must call ahead and bring photo ID to prove identify and be over 19 years of age.
Your ex has 20 days to respond if served in NB. During that period, we wait for your Clearance Certificate from Ottawa. Once we have the Clearance Certificate, we will call you to come in and sign your Affidavit for Divorce – 15 minute appointment maximum. We then will file the last of the paperwork requesting that a Divorce Judgment be issued to you. Once we have it from the Court, we will give you your final package. We do not mail final packages. You must pick it up or arrange pick up.
Then, 31 days after the effective date of the Divorce Judgment, we will request a Certificate of Divorce, the cost of which is included in the flat fee and is paid to the government.
And, that’s it
Please note if your ex files documents in response to the Petition for Divorce after being served, your divorce will no longer qualify for the simplified process and more fees will be due paid. The simplified process requires that your ex not file or do anything but accept service of the Petition for Divorce. You may elect to represent yourself if your ex does something that disqualifies your divorce from the simplified process done easy.
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