File for Divorce Jointly & Without Attorneys in MN

There are many reasons why parties who are divorcing would want to divorce jointly.

First, hiring attorneys automatically creates conflict. The divorce becomes a battle. When parties are battling, they become less reasonable and more self-centered because they think and feel that they need to defend themselves. The job of paralegal mediator ChristieLegal is to be a neutral third party, not to advocate for or represent either party.

Hiring ChristieLegal reduces the cost of a divorce and/or child custody case by thousands to tens of thousands of dollars compared to the parties hiring 2 attorneys to handle the case because ChristieLegal charges much less per hour than the cost of the parties hiring 2 attorneys, which is $600 to $1,100 per hour,  and the process is highly likely to be at least 6 months quicker since she encourages the parties to reach agreements and streamlines the court process, so there will be MUCH fewer hours of work.

Lastly, divorcing jointly is MUCH quicker! It will take a few days to a few weeks for ChristieLegal to start to work on a divorce case, depending upon the time of year and when the clients provide me with the signed Agreement and down payment. We will work together for a few days to a few months, depending upon how long it takes for the clients to reach agreements on the issues, including the child custody, parenting time, and child support issues. I will write the joint divorce case documents. The clients will approve them, sign them, and then mail file them with the court. If the clients have joint minor children, then, 2 to 3 months later, they will have an online court hearing that will be about 15 minutes in length at which the judge will ask the clients a few questions about how they will share their children and provide and pay for their children’s needs. The clients will be divorced at the end of the court hearing. If clients don’t share minor children, then they won’t even have a court hearing! Within 2 to 5 weeks of the clients filing the joint divorce documents with the court, a judge will read and sign the divorce documents, and then the clients will be divorced!