An uncontested divorce usually takes about 6-10 weeks after everything has been signed by both spouses and filed with the court.
In Alabama, the standard grounds for a fault-based divorce include: Adultery, habitual drunkenness, drug addiction, emotional abuse, physical abuse, abandonment, imprisonment, inability to maintain employment and lack of physical intimacy.
If you and your spouse have already reached an agreement concerning all of your marital issues, then you can get a quick and easy uncontested divorce in Alabama without any court.
Alabama's Cooling Off Period Under the most ideal and quickest scenario, you will never have a divorce in Alabama that is concluded in under 30 days. The state has this rule to make sure that you aren't going to change your mind after you file the legal paperwork to end your marriage.
An uncontested divorce can be wrapped up as quickly as six weeks to three months.
The fastest way to get a divorce is to go through an uncontested, no-fault divorce online. You need to complete a divorce complaint, marital settlement agreement, child support information sheet (CS-47), notarized testimony of plaintiff affidavit, and the vital statistics form.
Fault grounds for divorce in Alabama. Physical incapacity – The physical inability to have sexual relations with the other spouse. TIP: This ground could be used to get an annulment instead of a divorce.
In Alabama, divorce proceedings involve the division of property based on the principle of equitable distribution. This means that marital property—assets acquired during the marriage—is divided in a way that the court considers fair, although it may not be an exact 50/50 split.