Can you get divorced online in california

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As mentioned, online divorce services typically prepare the forms and serve your spouse with the divorce papers, providing resources and guides to help you understand how to proceed with the divorce yourself. This means that an online divorce typically does not address the core steps of filing for divorce.

When filing for divorce, you start with the paperwork. The forms you need to fill out require your name, address, your spouses name and address, the date of marriage, the number of children you have, and other basic information. They also include an option to choose what you are filing for, since legal separation and divorce use the same forms. Many of these forms become more detailed, asking for full declarations of your assets and debts so that the court knows what property you have to divide and share with your spouse.

In many cases, these services advertise low costs but these costs may not include the filing fees the court needs to file your case (typically 400-500). In any case, these services do not provide you with all the tools you need to handle your divorce entirely online from home. California law simply does not have the flexibility to handle cases this way, and your local county courthouse must approve all divorces to be official.

Many websites offer services that they call online divorce services, or they advertise low-cost options to get divorced online. Unfortunately, California does not offer the opportunity to file for divorce online, and most of these websites only offer services to help you prepare and file the paperwork. The Law Offices of Bamieh and De Smeths family lawyers discuss how many online divorce services work in California and why you may be better off working with a licensed Ventura divorce attorney and filing your case in court. For a free legal consultation and help with your divorce case, call our law offices today.

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California law does not permit individuals to file for divorce online and handle their case without appearing in person or submitting paperwork to the court. Even the simplest and quickest form of divorce in California requires you to at least appear at the courthouse to file paperwork, while most other forms of divorce require you to appear before a judge to finalize the divorce case.