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Where the issues are not complex and the parties are cooperative, a settlement often can be directly negotiated between them.

In the majority of cases, forms are acquired from their respective state websites and a filing fee is paid to the state.

Most U. S. states charge between $ 175 and $ 350 for a simple divorce filing.

Collaborative divorce and mediated divorce are considered uncontested divorces.

In the United States, many state court systems are experiencing an increasing proportion of pro se ( i. e., litigants represent themselves without a lawyer ) in divorce cases.

In San Diego, for example, the number of divorce filings involving at least one self-representing litigant rose from 46 % in 1992 to 77 % in 2000, and in Florida from 66 % in 1999 to 73 % in 2001.

Urban courts in California report that approximately 80 % of the new divorce filings are filed pro se.