Online Divorce Lawyer DIY
If you’re considering Online Divorce Lawyer’s DIY option, please check the cost comparison table below. It covers all of our major non-lawyer competitors:
Non-Lawyer Uncontested Divorce Pricing Table
| Service Level | Hello Divorce | Divorce.com | AIDivorce.legal | Bliss Divorce | Online Divorce Lawyer DIY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DIY Basic | $400 | $499 | $1450 | $999 | $397 |
| Plus Filing/Serving | $2000 | $999 | $2699 | $1650 | No Ups or Extras |
| More Expert Help of Some Kind??? | $4000 | $1999 | $4199 | $2750 and $3950 | No Ups or Extras |
All 4 of our major competitors have at least three service levels. The difference between the second and third service levels is often unclear. Online Divorce Lawyer has one service level within its DIY option.
Online Divorce Lawyer DIY does NOT file your docs at court or serve your
spouse/partner with those docs. It is easy to file your case at court in person and to have your spouse served by a trusty friend or relative. We provide full written instructions on how to do each of those steps. And you can ask Grok or call us if you have questions. Doing these steps yourself may be inconvenient, but they are FREE of cost if you.
If you don’t want to do these steps yourself or it is inconvenient for you to do so, we recommend directlegal.com as an e-filer AND registered process server. They are statewide. They file for $20 per filing. Their process service fee within California is $105-$195, depending on where your spouse is located within the state, and they are plugged into a national network of process servers to get your spouse served in other states (at higher cost, of course).
Do you think for one moment that Hello Divorce does not know about directlegal.com. If they use directlegal for filing and process service, that’s an average of $105 (process service in MOST California locations) plus $40 for filing (MOST cases require 2 filings). So that’s an extra $145. Yet they add something called a “Certified Divorce Specialist” and there’s a $1600 jump in their fee from $400.
Dang! That Certified Divorce Specialist must be REALLY good at about $1400 per case. Sure wish we could find one of them. 😎
That’s why Online Divorce Lawyer has no ups or extras EVER.
How Online Divorce Lawyer DIY Works
Call Us For Any Preliminary Discussion
Hire Online Divorce Lawyer DIY
Pay our flat $397 DIY fee through PayPal. PayPal accept all credit cards and a few other payment methods.
After payment, PayPal will return you to our Account Creation page. You enter your name, your selected password (should not be a password your spouse/partner knows) and the email address you want to use for comms with us.
Within seconds of clicking the Create My Online Divorce Lawyer DIY Account button, you will receive your Account Opening Email which contains your user id, entered password and email address and a link to your client login portal.
Log In To Your Account
If you don’t receive that Account Opening Email within a few seconds, check spam.
Login using the credentials in the Account Opening email.
Familiarize yourself with the layout of the welcome page of your account, including Grok’s location where you can ask any California divorce question you wish.
Click on where it says, “Begin Interview.”
Complete Your Online Interview
Complete the secure and encrypted Online Divorce Lawyer interview from the comfort of your home or office.
The Online Divorce Lawyer interview can take as little as 30 minutes to complete, though an average time is more like 60-90 minutes, particularly if there are minor children or much property/debt.
You can complete the Online Divorce Lawyer interview in multiple sessions. Most clients take 2 – 5 sessions. All data is encrypted and saved on our secure US-based servers.
Rely on the built-in context-sensitive videos and help system.
However, you are never alone with Online Divorce Lawyer. Grok knows the answers to almost all divorce questions and he is available 24/7 on every page of our site. Alternatively, call human support at 1-888-NETDIVORCE.
Check Your Online Interview and File Your Case
When you have completed your Online Divorce Lawyer interview, you simply click on “Check My Interview” in your Client Menu.
That will check your interview for completion and take you to the page where your first batch of docs can be downloaded to your device in 2-3 seconds. In MOST cases, there are 3 batches of docs.
Concentrate on Completing the Case Stats Section of Your Account's Welcome Page
The Case Stats section has the following textbox inputs, in sequence: Case Number, Date of Filing, Date of Service on Respondent, Date of Entry of Judgment.
File the First Batch, log back into your account and complete the first 2 text boxes. That takes you to Second Batch download.
Download the Second Batch and have your spouse served (instructions provided or directlegal.com). Log back into your account and complete the third text box in the Case Stats. That takes you to Third Batch download.
Download the Third Batch. Wait at least 31 days from the date your spouse was served and file the third batch at court. When your Judgment docs are returned to you with a date of entry of judgment, log back into your account and complete the very last textbox in the Case Stats. You’re done. Easy Peasy.
If the dog eats one of your downloaded docs, you don’t have to re-download the whole batch. All docs are also available in single doc download mode. You just re-download the single damaged or missing doc.
Military cases are different to the above. If you’re fortunate enough to qualify for a Summary Dissolution, they are a lot different and much easier. Applications to Publish or Post are very different and much more difficult.
The problem with the providers in this group is that they are all aggressive up-sellers. Their only goal is to get you signed up to a cheaper package and then up-sell you to a $1500-$4500 package.