# What's the most efficient way to achieve a "quickie" divorce?

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**Created:** [June 21, 2004, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-efficient-way-to-achieve-a-quickie-divorce/251458 "2004-06-21T15:57:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![Yarbrough](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/b3f665/32.png) [@Yarbrough](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yarbrough)\
**Post date:** [June 21, 2004, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-efficient-way-to-achieve-a-quickie-divorce/251458/1 "2004-06-21T15:57:55Z")

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If someone were to file for an uncontested divorce, all specifics arranged beforehand (child support, custody, visitation, division of property), what would be the best way to file? I know that there is software that someone could download and send off the paperwork, but those programs start at around $150, IIRC. Are there any other alternatives that are just as quick, easy, and relatively painless?

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**Author:** ![TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tellmei_mnotcrazy/32/3419_2.png) [@TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TellMeI_mNotCrazy)\
**Post date:** [June 21, 2004, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-efficient-way-to-achieve-a-quickie-divorce/251458/2 "2004-06-21T16:16:36Z")

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My divorce was like this. Everything agreed to beforehand. Free kit from the courthouse. $200.00 filing fee. Done within 3 months. (Mandatory 3 month waiting period between filing and divorce.)

We agreed on absolutely everything though, and I wasn’t worried about getting ripped off by him. But those programs you find online only give you exactly what you could get from your courthouse - forms, and instructions. I’d never pay 150 bucks for one, that’s for sure. Obviously, YMMV, IANAL, etc, etc, but that’s the way it worked for me. I definitely don’t “recommend” it to anyone, as everyone’s situation is wildly different, but if you’re confident that there’s nothing to hash out, it can save a lot of money. (Would have cost us $3K for lawyers otherwise)