Lawyer-represented divorces cost many thousands
of dollars. And, because lawyers often stimulate conflict rather
than cooperation, even simple divorces can drag on for years.
This may be good for a lawyer’s billable hours, but the effect
on couples is to create financial hardship, harden resentments,
deepen mistrust and make it more difficult for individual and family
healing and cooperative co-parenting.
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Divorce Paperwork: $400.00
Temporary Orders: $200
Motions and Orders To Show Cause: $250
Response Paperwork: $200
Qualified Domestic Relations Order: $450
Research On Existing Cases: $90 hr
Disso-Master: $35
Marital Settlement Agreement Mediation: Sliding Scale starting
at: $120 hr
Binding Arbitration: $250 hr
733 Evaluation: $250 hr
Individual, Family, Child Counseling. By Referral: Sliding Scale
Insurance Accepted
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A Divorce with
Lawyers usually costs five times more than a Sage Stones
Peaceful Divorce
A Sage Stones Peaceful Divorce with kids and a home usually Costs
$900* to $1600*
The cost depends on the amount of mediation required, level of
cooperation between parties and additional services such as Arbitration
or Motions.
*Filing Fees not included
Call for an estimate for your case
949 489 7652
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If you need immediate court orders regarding parenting
time, financial support or other issues:
We’ll file the appropriate motion to get you a quick hearing
date so you can ask the judge for temporary orders.
If you’re uncomfortable going to court on your own, an
attorney can represent you for the hearing without having
to be involved in the entire divorce.
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Peaceful Divorce
The Step By Step Process
A: Starting Together and Finishing
Together
You meet together with our Mediator, who will explore
the possibility of reconciliation. If divorce seems inevitable, one
of you initiates the process by becoming the "Petitioner" on a divorce
petition. The Mediator will help you decide what to request on the
divorce petition, such as custody and support, date of separation,
and what property should be listed. Our Legal Document Assistant
prepares and files the petition documents.
During your first session, you may make preliminary agreements on parenting
time and financial support. You will also learn how to put structure
back into your lives, how to interact with each other peacefully, and
how to care for your children during, and after, divorce.
At the next appointment, the Mediator will hand each of you the filed
divorce documents. By doing so, the Respondent is "served". No marshals,
no surprises.
During this, and other, mediation sessions, you will discuss custody,
parenting schedules, finances, living arrangements, division of property
and debts and so forth. Your Mediator will guide you with sensitivity
and knowledge to fair, equitable agreements that are in the best interests
of your children. You will have as many sessions as it takes to reach
agreement on every issue. Our Arbitration Attorney stands by for legal
advice.
Once both approve and sign the Marital Settlement Agreement, we file
it with the final divorce paperwork. What's left is waiting for the judge
to approve your MSA and mail it to you with your final judgment.
B: Starting Alone, Finishing Together
You start the divorce process by preparing the
Divorce Petition with our Legal Document Assistant. We file on your
behalf. We will call your soon-to-be ex and encourage them to participate
in mediation. Depending on your relationship, separate mediation
appointments may be appropriate. If your spouse is open to mediation,
the process is the same as in Approach A.
C: Starting Alone, Finishing Alone
We can file divorce for you, or file your response
to one that's been filed by your spouse, and guide you through the
entire process, even without their cooperation. If they have a lawyer,
and it appears that they are attempting to gain an unfair advantage
over you, we'll suggest lawyers for your protection.
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