The 3 Week Divorce Guarantee

The Law Office will complete your divorce in 3 weeks or refund to you $50.00 for each week that the divorce is not final past 3 weeks.

This guarantee is optional for our clients. The Client may accept or decline the guarantee.

The guarantee provides a specific date by which the Client will be divorced. If the Client accepts the guarantee but does not provide the information required by the court or return the required documents as scheduled, there is a $100 fee to reschedule the hearing date on which the divorce will be finalized.


The following are the Procedures and Conditions:

Procedures

All case procedures can be done by email/fax/phone, except for the court appearance.

Day 1

• Law Office notifies Client of all information and documents required to complete the case.
• Law Office emails Client a schedule of deadlines for documents to be returned.
• Client provides all required information.
• Law Office receives payment from Client.
• Client sends written acceptance of the guarantee to the Law Office.
• Law Office confirms receipt of the written guarantee acceptance.
• Law Office notifies Client of hearing date, which will be within 3 weeks.

Day 2

Law Office emails Separation and Property Settlement Agreement to Client.

Day 5

Client and spouse email or fax signed Separation and Property Settlement Agreement to office.

Day 8

Law Office emails Acceptance of Service and Waiver of Notice document for spouse's notarized signature.

Day 11

Acceptance of Service and Waiver of Notice document is emailed or faxed back to Law Office. Any other documents required by the court are due from Client.

Day 12

Law Office reviews hearing questions with Client and witness by phone.

Day 21

Client, witness and attorney appear for court hearing on this day or an earlier day. Decree of divorce is available at 11:30 a.m. the day of the hearing.


Conditions for the 3 week guarantee to apply:

Fees

The case fee must be paid in full by credit card (or cash) at the start of the case.

Documents

• For the guarantee to be in effect, the Law Office must receive a written acceptance of the guarantee from Client. The acceptance can be sent to the Law Office by email or fax.
• Client must provide all required information and return all documents to the Law Office by the stated deadlines.
• The Law Office will send all documents by email.
• When sending documents to the Law Office by fax or email, Client must also call and receive a confirmation number by which the Law Office acknowledges receipt of the document.
• Documents must be properly signed (and notarized where applicable) by Client and spouse in accordance with Virginia law and court rules.
• Signed documents must be returned in readable and good condition appropriate for submission to a court.

Hearing date/court/witness

• Before Client makes payment to start the case, the Law Office will notify Client of the court in which the divorce will be filed and the hearing date. Hearings are on Tuesdays and Fridays only. The court does not hold hearings on the 3rd Tuesday of each month.
• A hearing can be held only if all required documents and information have been received by the Law Office and case fees have been paid in full.
• The witness must be able to verify that one spouse has lived in Virginia for at least six months prior to the filing of the case, and that the parties have been separated for six months or one year (depending on the legal grounds on which the case was filed).
• Client and witness must appear in the designated court on time on the date specified.
• In the event that a case is delayed beyond 3 weeks on the part of the Law Office, in order for the guarantee to remain in effect and for a $50 per week discount to apply for subsequent weeks:
  1. Client and spouse must make themselves immediately available to sign any additional documents or meet any other court requirements for the divorce.
  2. Client and witness must make themselves available for a hearing the next week and the following weeks in order to finalize the divorce.
• An unexpected closure of the court (due to extreme weather, flooding, power outage or other unforseen event) or cancellation of hearings by the court due to unexpected unavailability of a judge will extend the time period for 2 additional weeks.

Miscellaneous

• A $100.00 rescheduling fee is charged if:
  1. documents are not returned by Client or spouse according to the agreed schedule; or
  2. Client notifies the Law Office that he or she will not attend the hearing on the date previously agreed to by Client; or
  3. Client and/or witness do not appear on time for the court hearing (and the Law Office has performed its required duties as scheduled).
• Corrections to case information provided by Client or spouse (date of marriage, date of separation, date of birth, spelling of names, etc.) after documents are prepared will result in a rescheduling of document deadlines and hearing date. The 21 day "clock" resets to day 1 when the correct information is received by the Law Office.
• Client must provide a functioning email address and telephone number at which he or she can be reached for the duration of the case, and must advise the Law Office immediately of any change in contact information.
• Divorces are based on separation of the parties only, not on fault grounds.
• The facts of the case must meet the requirements of Virginia law regarding separation time and residency in Virginia.
• Divorce must remain uncontested until the decree has been signed and any appeal period has expired.
• The Law Office in its sole discretion may decline to accept a case.
• Once a deadline has been missed, Client and the Law Office must sign a new Agreement in order to reactivate the guarantee.
• The guarantee is available for cases started after October 5, 2011 only.

The 1 Week Divorce Guarantee

The Law Office will complete your divorce in 1 week or refund to the Client $50.00 for each week that the divorce is not final past 1 week.

This guarantee is optional for our clients. The Client may accept or decline the guarantee.

The guarantee provides a specific date by which the Client will be divorced. If the Client accepts the guarantee but does not provide the information required by the court or return the required documents as scheduled, there is a $100 fee to reschedule the hearing date on which the divorce will be finalized.


The following are the Procedures and Conditions:

Procedures

All case procedures can be done by email/fax/phone, except for the court appearance.

Day 1

• Law Office notifies Client of all information and documents required to complete the case.
• Law Office emails Client a schedule of deadlines for documents to be returned.
• Client provides all required information.
• Law Office receives payment from Client.
• Client sends written acceptance of the guarantee to the Law Office.
• Law Office confirms receipt of the written guarantee acceptance.
• Law Office notifies Client of hearing date, which will be within 1 week.
• Law Office emails Separation and Property Settlement Agreement to Client.

Day 2

• Client and spouse email or fax signed Separation and Property Settlement Agreement to office by 12:00 noon.
• Law Office files divorce in court and emails Acceptance of Service and Waiver of Notice document for spouse's notarized signature.

Day 3

• Acceptance of Service and Waiver of Notice document is emailed or faxed back to Law Office by 12:00 noon.
• Any other documents required by the court are due from Client by 12:00 noon.
• Law Office reviews hearing questions with Client and witness by phone.

Day 7

Client, witness and attorney appear for court hearing. Decree of divorce is available at 11:30 a.m. the day of the hearing.

Conditions for the 1 week guarantee to apply:

Fees

The case fee must be paid in full by credit card (or cash) at the start of the case.

Documents

• For the guarantee to be in effect, the Law Office must receive a written acceptance of the guarantee from Client. The acceptance can be sent to the Law Office by email or fax.
• Client must provide all required information and return all documents to the Law Office by the stated deadlines.
• The Law Office will send all documents by email.
• When sending documents to the Law Office by fax or email, Client must also call and receive a confirmation number by which the Law Office acknowledges receipt of the document.
• Documents must be properly signed (and notarized where applicable) by Client and spouse in accordance with Virginia law and court rules.
• Signed documents must be returned in readable and good condition appropriate for submission to a court.

Hearing date/court/witness

• Before Client makes payment to start the case, the Law Office will notify Client of the court in which the divorce will be filed and the hearing date. Hearings are on Tuesdays and Fridays only. The court does not hold hearings on the 3rd Tuesday of each month.
• A hearing can be held only if all required documents and information have been received by the Law Office and case fees have been paid in full.
• The witness must be able to verify that one spouse has lived in Virginia for at least six months prior to the filing of the case, and that the parties have been separated for six months or one year (depending on the legal grounds on which the case was filed).
• Client and witness must appear in the designated court on time on the date specified.
• In the event that a case is delayed beyond 1 week on the part of the Law Office, in order for the guarantee to remain in effect and for a $50 per week discount to apply for subsequent weeks:
  1. Client and spouse must make themselves immediately available to sign any additional documents or meet any other court requirements for the divorce.
  2. Client and witness must make themselves available for a hearing the next week and the following weeks in order to finalize the divorce.
• An unexpected closure of the court (due to extreme weather, flooding, power outage or other unforseen event) or cancellation of hearings by the court due to unexpected unavailability of a judge will extend the time period for 2 additional weeks.

Miscellaneous

• A $100.00 rescheduling fee is charged if:
  1. documents are not returned by Client or spouse according to the agreed schedule; or
  2. Client notifies the Law Office that he or she will not attend the hearing on the date previously agreed to by Client; or
  3. Client and/or witness do not appear on time for the court hearing (and the Law Office has performed its required duties as scheduled).
• Corrections to case information provided by Client or spouse (date of marriage, date of separation, date of birth, spelling of names, etc.) after documents are prepared will result in a rescheduling of document deadlines and hearing date. The 7 day "clock" resets to day 1 when the correct information is received by the Law Office.
• Client must provide a functioning email address and telephone number at which he or she can be reached for the duration of the case, and must advise the Law Office immediately of any change in contact information.
• Divorces are based on separation of the parties only, not on fault grounds.
• The facts of the case must meet the requirements of Virginia law regarding separation time and residency in Virginia.
• The divorce must remain uncontested until the decree has been signed and any appeal period has expired.
• The Law Office in its sole discretion may decline to accept a case.
• Once a deadline has been missed, Client and the Law Office must sign a new Agreement in order to reactivate the guarantee.
• The guarantee is available for cases started after October 5, 2011 only.

The 2.5 Month Divorce by Publication Guarantee

The Law Office will complete your divorce by publication in 2.5 months or refund to the Client $50.00 for each week that the divorce is not final past 2.5 months.

This guarantee is optional for our clients. The Client may accept or decline the guarantee.

The guarantee provides a specific date by which the Client will be divorced. If the Client accepts the guarantee but does not provide the information required by the court or return the required documents as scheduled, there is a $100 fee to reschedule the hearing date on which the divorce will be finalized.


The following are the Procedures and Conditions:

Procedures

All case procedures can be done by email/fax/phone, except for the court appearance.

Day 1

• Law Office notifies Client of all information and documents required to complete the case.
• Law Office emails Client a schedule of deadlines for documents to be returned.
• Client provides all required information.
• Law Office receives payment from Client.
• Client sends written acceptance of the guarantee to the Law Office.
• Law Office confirms receipt of the written guarantee acceptance.
• Law Office notifies Client of hearing date, which will be within 2.5 months.
• If applicable, Law Office emails Client an affidavit to sign regarding spouse's last known address.

Day 2

If applicable, Client returns (by fax or email) the signed affidavit regarding spouse's last known address.

Day 3

Law Office files divorce in court and requests that court initiate the publication process.

Day 7

Law Office verifies that order of publication has been issued.

Day 10

Law Office verifies that the legal notice has been published.

Day 30

Law Office reviews hearing questions with Client and witness by phone.

Day 50

Any documents required by the court are due from Client.

Day 65

Client, witness and attorney appear for court hearing on this day or an earlier day.

Day 66

Law Office submits transcript of hearing to court and requests entry of decree of divorce.

Day 73

Law Office emails certified copy of divorce decree (signed by a judge) to Client. Law Office also mails certified copy of the decree to Client by regular mail.

Conditions for the 2.5 month guarantee to apply

Fees

The case fee must be paid in full by credit card (or cash) at the start of the case.

Documents

• For the guarantee to be in effect, the Law Office must receive a written acceptance of the guarantee from Client. The acceptance can be sent to the Law Office by email or fax.
• Client must provide all required information and return all documents to the Law Office by the stated deadlines.
• The Law Office will send all documents by email.
• When sending documents to the Law Office by fax or email, Client must also call and receive a confirmation number by which the Law Office acknowledges receipt of the document.
• Documents must be properly signed (and notarized where applicable) by Client and spouse in accordance with Virginia law and court rules.
• Signed documents must be returned in readable and good condition appropriate for submission to a court.

Hearing date/court/witness

• Before Client makes payment to start the case, the Law Office will notify Client of the court in which the divorce will be filed and the hearing date. Hearings are on Tuesdays and Fridays only. The court does not hold hearings on the 3rd Tuesday of each month.
• A hearing can be held only if all required documents and information have been received by the Law Office and case fees have been paid in full.
• The witness must be able to verify that Client has lived in Virginia for at least six months prior to the filing of the case, and that the parties have been separated for six months or one year (depending on the legal grounds on which the case was filed).
• Client and witness must appear in the designated court on time on the date specified.

In the event that a case is delayed beyond 2.5 months on the part of the Law Office, in order for the guarantee to remain in effect and for a $50 per week discount to apply for subsequent weeks:

1. Client and spouse must make themselves immediately available to sign any additional documents or meet any other court requirements for the divorce.
2. Client and witness must make themselves available for a hearing the next week and the following weeks in order to finalize the divorce.

• An unexpected closure of the court (due to extreme weather, flooding, power outage or other unforseen event) or cancellation of hearings by the court due to unexpected unavailability of a judge will extend the time period for 2 additional weeks.

Miscellaneous

• A $100.00 rescheduling fee is charged if:
  1. documents are not returned by Client or spouse according to the agreed schedule; or
  2. Client notifies the Law Office that he or she will not attend the hearing on the date previously agreed to by Client; or
  3. Client and/or witness do not appear on time for the court hearing (and the Law Office has performed its required duties as scheduled).
• Corrections to case information provided by Client or spouse (date of marriage, date of separation, date of birth, spelling of names, etc.) after documents are prepared will result in a rescheduling of document deadlines and hearing date. A correction to case information after the divorce is filed in court may require that the publication process be restarted. The "clock" resets to day 1 when the correct information is received by the Law Office.
• Client must provide a functioning email address and telephone number at which he or she can be reached for the duration of the case, and must advise the Law Office immediately of any change in contact information.
• Divorces are based on separation of the parties only, not on fault grounds.
• The facts of the case must meet the requirements of Virginia law regarding separation time and residency in Virginia.
• Divorce must remain uncontested until the decree has been signed and any appeal period has expired.
• The Law Office in its sole discretion may decline to accept a case.
• Once a deadline has been missed, Client and the Law Office must sign a new Agreement in order to reactivate the guarantee.
• The guarantee is available for cases started after October 5, 2011 only.