John A. Leopard
About meAtlanta divorce attorney John Leopard has been in practice since 1977! He continues to offer uncontested and contested divorce services at the most reasonable prices.
An uncontested divorce is $300.00, or $500.00 if children are invovled. Attorney John Leopard will prepare the divorce documentation for you and your spouse to sign. In an uncontested divorce, both parties will agree to all terms of the divorce agreement and will sign in front of a notary public.
A contested divorce requires an intial deposit of $1,500.00. This provides up to 7.5 case hours. In difficult divorce cases that exhaust the initial deposit, an hourly charge of $200.00 will be incurred.
The petitioner / plaintiff of the divorce will need to pay a filing fee in the county the divorce will be filed in:
Clayton - $80.00
If the petitioner / plaintiff of the divorce does not know the location of his or her spouse, it is possible to obtain the divorce with service by publication. An affidavit of diligent search will be needed to show attempts to locate the sposue. There is an additional charge of $80.00 to publish the divorce in the legal section of the newspaper. |
