Davis Divorce Law

Davis Divorce Law Toll-Free: 1-800-486-4070 we represent individuals in uncontested, no-fault divorce matters for the low-cost of $219 COMPLETE.

At the Pennsylvania law firm of Davis Divorce Law, we represent individuals in uncontested, no-fault divorce matters for the low-cost of $219 COMPLETE. This fee includes filing fees no matter what county you live in from Allegheny to Philadelphia.

08/18/2022

If you have $3000.00 to $4000.00 for a local full-service law firm, have been apart for a year or more and your spouse can be found and served divorce documents, a "one signature" (your signature) divorce is possible. That is provided that your spouse does not file the contest affidavit which YOUR lawyer must send to your spouse for free (and you have the thousands of dollars in legal fees required). No LOW-COST divorce can be completed without your spouse's - frequently notarized - signature...period.

When Pennsylvania’s no-fault divorce law became effective in June of 1980, it was a very big deal. We were the 49th state to enact no-fault divorce and we did it in a very modern way. Unlike any other state, if the parties were able to settle everything on their own without fighting it out in […...

07/25/2022

Can you handle your own divorce with a Do-It-Yourself kit you buy off the Internet? What you would get for plus or minus $99 is a handful of forms some non-lawyer downloaded for free and some instructions that do not include your local county Court's special rules, which is why such kits seldom work. The clerks at your local Court are not permitted to help you fix mistakes but they will take and keep your filing fee of several hundred dollars (over and above what you paid for the kit!) leaving you wishing that you had retained an experienced Pennsylvania divorce lawyer for $219.00 TOTAL.

First of all, Davis Divorce Law does NOT sell “divorce kits” or DIY (Do-It-Yourself) divorce instructions. I, Michael E. Davis, Attorney At Law, will be your divorce attorney. I will prepare and file all of the required documents with the Court. You, my client, will not have to prepare or file a...

05/16/2022

There are still a very few counties among the sixty-seven in Pennsylvania, that, if a divorce is filed there, the original or a certified copy of the marriage license or certificate is required. Over sixty of our counties dropped that ancient requirement long ago. It is a fact that for a low-cost, simple, uncontested, no-fault divorce, it may be lawfully filed in ANY Pennsylvania county whether or not you live there and, because of that, my clients never need that marriage license or certificate.

When people considering a low-cost, simple, uncontested, no-fault divorce contact me, I immediately provide them with my free information. I have been doing this since 1980 when Pennsylvania’s new no-fault divorce law went into effect in June of that year. Over the years, more and more questions b...

05/12/2022

In a Pennsylvania divorce action wherein the couple is able to divide up their marital assets in a fair and satisfactory manner before the divorce is final, they will save a lot in legal fees by not having lawyers do the negotiations for them. Also, if that can be done, not only would they not need an expensive settlement agreement as part of the process, there would not have to be any mention of the assets (or how they divided them) in Court. Yes, it is true that under Pennsylvania law, a couple can settle their marital assets in absolute privacy and declare nothing in Court.

Face it. How often do we get to smile and say nice things about our federal, state or local governments? In all fairness, I once lived in a township that was run extremely well and I wish I still lived there; however, that place is one of the rare exceptions to the rule. Otherwise, we […]

05/11/2022

Do you suspect that your spouse, from whom you would like to be divorced, has hidden anything of value from you such as a valuable possession, money or a secret income? If you intend to enforce your rights to a share of such things, you must seek out a very experienced local divorce lawyer and be prepared to pay a healthy retainer and a high hourly rate. If you decide to pass on such possible assets and opt for a low-cost, simple, uncontested, no-fault divorce, because such a divorce will make no claims for any assets, should you discover assets after the divorce, your claim to them will be deemed voluntarily waived and your rights to them gone forever.

It’s been said that nothing brings out the worst in people as much as death and money. Personally and professionally, I have come to believe that is true. Inasmuch as in discussing divorce we are virtually always dealing with two spouses who are very much alive, we will leave “death” out of th...

04/19/2022

Pennsylvania has both fault and no-fault divorce on its law books and the reasons for either type of divorce are typically public records available in the Courthouse for all to view. In a fault divorce action, contested or not, the plaintiff who filed the divorce must give testimony in Court explaining the bad behavior of the other party that has made the Plaintiff want to be divorced, which testimony will be recorded, printed and made part of the permanent public Court record. On the other hand, in a no-fault divorce, there is no Court appearance or testimony nor is the problem behavior in the divorce documents at all, just a statement that the marriage is irretrievably broken with no one being blamed.

Prior to June of 1980 when Pennsylvania’s no-fault divorce law was enabled, we had only fault divorce (and we still have it with us in addition to no-fault). In a fault divorce, the law requires that the plaintiff (the party filing the divorce action) give testimony in Court that establishes the g...

03/25/2022

In Pennsylvania we have no-fault and fault divorces and either one can be contested or uncontested. When either type of divorce is contested, to proceed, the divorce action must end up in Court. Uncontested NO-fault divorces require no hearing or Court appearance but uncontested FAULT divorces, which are much more expensive, do require a Court appearance and a fairly brief hearing.

Pennsylvania, like all other states, has both fault and no-fault divorces in our law. Both types may be either contested or uncontested. I handle only uncontested no-fault divorces and only low-cost and simple ones. Those are the only kind that can be done so inexpensively. Before I explain further,...

03/18/2022

While the vast majority of clients come to me because of my low fees, how long a low-cost, simple, uncontested, no-fault divorce in Pennsylvania will take is also a very important consideration. My time estimates are provided to folks in my free information before they become clients and those estimates are "real world" based upon my having handled such cases since 1980. If the couple has not been living under separate roofs for every day of the past twelve months, the average total time is five to six months and two months or so shorter if they have been thus living apart.

How long a simple, low-cost, uncontested, no-fault divorce may take in Pennsylvania depends upon many things. I have had many clients, for reasons known only to themselves, stretch the process out many, many months longer than it could have taken to finish. On the other hand, I had one client – th...

03/16/2022

In a low-cost, simple, uncontested, Pennsylvania no-fault divorce, whether or not the parties have been separated over one year, both parties must be and remain available and cooperative. That means that the defendant spouse will be served by simply signing the correct document properly prepared by an experienced Pennsylvania divorce lawyer. If your spouse is completely uncooperative, you will have to see a local full service law firm with thousands of dollars ready for a retainer and they will arrange to have your spouse personally served by an authorized person.

There are several lawful ways to serve a defendant spouse in a Pennsylvania divorce action; however, in a low-cost, simple, uncontested, no-fault Pennsylvania divorce, some of those methods do NOT apply. Accordingly, I will first discuss the process for the types of cases I handle. If the parties to...

02/24/2022

At Davis Divorce Law, we know, use and trust only English. It is the only language for the use of which I can be responsible in the documents and instructions I provide as I have found the available means to translate them to be unreliable and potentially misleading. Accordingly, clients must be ready, willing and able to make sure that their defendant spouses, where necessary, will understand and sign the documents required in a low-cost, simple, uncontested, no-fault divorce.

My entire website and all of the documents and instructions I provide in the divorce actions I handle are written with extreme care and precise meaning. As a lawyer, I am obligated by law to be as complete and precise with the English language as possible. Indeed, it might be argued that precision w...

02/02/2022

It is fairly easy and inexpensive for either party in a divorce action to take steps to delay the divorce for many months or even years. That may, in certain cases, be accomplished by simply failing to act at any point in the process. If a party simply does not want to be divorced for any reason (or for no apparent reason), that party could take action to make the process too expensive for the other party to want to spend the money to force it forward.

Either party to a Pennsylvania divorce action can take steps to delay a no-fault divorce. If the couple has been separated less than twelve months, if either one refuses, at the end of the ninety-day waiting period to sign the Affidavit of Consent required to complete that type of divorce, it will n...

01/31/2022

If you want a low-cost, simple, uncontested, no-fault Pennsylvania divorce, the two of you must decide how you will divide your assets, including your real estate. An experienced family law lawyer could assist you in deciding what is fair and remember, under our law, fair is not necessarily equal. If you cannot come to an agreement, you will each need your own lawyer and many thousands of dollars so the judge can divide your assets in an economically fair manner and send you each into your respective futures on as equal financial footing as possible, with the party who needs more getting more.

Right off the bat, in a low-cost, simple, uncontested, no-fault Pennsylvania divorce, the two parties must come to an agreement on everything, including what happens to any real estate either of both may own. And, yes, even if there is a mortgage or other loans securing the real estate, you do own i...

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