How your Florida uncontested divorce works

No. You do not have to live in Florida, and you do not have to travel to Florida. Every step is handled online — the guided intake, signing with a remote online notary over video, and electronic filing with the court — and there is no court appearance in a typical uncontested case. We regularly help clients who live in another state or another country, including outside the United States. What matters is the residency rule: at least one spouse must have lived in Florida for six months before filing (F.S. 61.021).

Where you married does not decide where you can divorce — residency does. To file in Florida, at least one spouse must have resided in Florida for the six months immediately before the case is filed (F.S. 61.021). If one of you still meets that, you can file in Florida even if the other spouse lives out of state or abroad. If neither of you has lived in Florida for six months, Florida generally is not the right place to file, and you would file where one of you now meets the local residency requirement. Ask Victoria and she can help you figure out where you stand.

The firm represents you — the spouse who hires it — not your spouse. In an uncontested case your spouse still signs the agreed documents (typically an Acceptance/Waiver of Service and the Marital Settlement Agreement). We prepare those documents and coordinate getting them to your spouse for signature; your spouse signs as an unrepresented party and can sign from wherever they live, including abroad, using the same remote online notary. Because the firm represents only you, it does not give your spouse legal advice, and your spouse may choose to have their own attorney review the documents first. This path only works if your spouse is willing to sign — if your spouse cannot be located, will not cooperate, or disagrees with the terms, the case is contested and this flat-fee service is not the right fit.

It can. If your spouse already opened a divorce case that is still pending, that existing case usually has to be finished, dismissed, or used as the vehicle for the uncontested paperwork before a new filing makes sense — you generally cannot have two open dissolution cases for the same marriage at once. Tell Victoria during intake if a prior case was ever filed; the attorney will check on it and advise the cleanest path forward.

The flat $750 is the attorney (legal) fee. Paid separately are the court filing fee (approximately $425.16 total, which includes the roughly 4% card convenience fee and varies by county), the remote online notary ($50 per signing session), and — if your agreement transfers real estate — county recording fees for any deed. A payment processing fee (2.9% + $0.30) is added as a separate line item at checkout. We tell you the exact amounts for your situation before you start.

Two clocks matter. First, the prep: how quickly you finish the guided intake and how quickly both spouses sign. Once the signed case is filed, Florida imposes a 20-day waiting period before a final judgment can be entered (F.S. 61.19), and most qualifying uncontested cases finalize in about 2–4 weeks after filing — court processing times vary by county and cannot be guaranteed. If you have minor children, both parents must complete a short online parenting course before final judgment, which can be done while your documents are prepared.