The Complete Divorce helps Los Altos couples take full control of ending their marriage online — and finish it on their own terms, without a courtroom or a lawyer billing hundreds of dollars an hour.
For amicable, uncontested separations, our attorney-built platform turns California’s dense paperwork into a guided, plain-English process you complete from your kitchen table.
Every document is court-ready and formatted to Santa Clara County standards, so what you file is accepted the first time.
Behind the software sits the judgment of family-law expert Dina Haddad, whose two decades of California practice are woven into each question, prompt, and checkpoint.
You keep the decisions; we keep you from missing a form, a deadline, or a signature. Start your online divorce today for $49.99/mo — one that replaces billable hours and spares you a single trip to the clerk’s window.
Los Altos sits in Santa Clara County, so every divorce here runs through the Santa Clara County Superior Court.
Papers are filed with the Family Court Clerk at the Family Justice Center Courthouse, 201 North First Street, San José — or electronically, since the court lets self-represented filers e-file and use its Odyssey Guide & File system.
First, confirm eligibility: under California Family Code §2320, one spouse must have lived in California for six months and in Santa Clara County for three months before filing.
For self-represented, amicable, and uncontested couples, the smart route is simple: (1) prepare your Petition (FL-100) and summons; (2) file and pay the roughly $435 fee, or request a fee waiver; (3) serve your spouse; (4) exchange financial disclosures; and (5) submit your signed agreement and judgment.
The Complete Divorce assembles each form in order, so you spend minutes reviewing instead of days deciphering.
Online divorce rewards couples who can agree — not those bracing for a fight. You’re an ideal candidate if you and your spouse see eye to eye on property, debts, support, and parenting, which is the heart of an amicable divorce. Confident DIYers who’d rather drive their own case than hand it to a firm fit perfectly.
Shorter marriages benefit most: pairs married under five years with limited assets may qualify for summary dissolution, California’s fastest track.
Spouses who want to self-represent — to stay in control and skip legal bills — are exactly who the platform is built for, as is anyone determined to divorce without a lawyer yet nervous about the forms.
If there’s domestic violence, hidden assets, or a spouse who won’t cooperate, a mediator or attorney may serve you better. Everyone else: welcome aboard.
No on both counts — for an uncontested case. California has never required you to hire an attorney to dissolve a marriage, and Santa Clara County accepts paperwork by mail and through e-filing, so an amicable case can be completed without setting foot in the Family Justice Center.
With The Complete Divorce, you can divorce without going to court and without a lawyer’s retainer. Our platform selects the correct forms, populates them from your answers, checks them for the errors clerks reject, and walks you through service and disclosures.
Expert Dina Haddad’s experience is effectively in the room, guiding each step. You still make every decision; we simply remove the guesswork and the billable hours. For the rare uncontested case that needs a brief hearing, we tell you exactly what to expect.
As of January 1, 2026, California offers a filing option tailor-made for cooperative couples: the Joint Petition for Dissolution (Form FL-700).
Instead of one spouse “suing” the other and formally serving papers, both of you sign and file together — no petitioner, no respondent, no process server.
For Los Altos couples who already agree, it strips out the most adversarial, time-consuming steps of a traditional case.
Unlike summary dissolution, the new FL-700 joint petition places no caps on marriage length, children, or property, so it fits the longer marriages and higher-net-worth estates common in this zip code.
The Complete Divorce supports it from start to finish, selecting it automatically when you both qualify and prefer it.
The six-month waiting period still applies, but you reach the finish line with far less friction — the clearest sign yet that California is designing divorce around couples who’d rather collaborate than litigate.
Two numbers decide most Los Altos divorces: the price and the wait. The price is refreshingly affordable for the complete and fully-guided divorce.
Your mandatory court filing fee in Santa Clara County is about $435 — waivable if you qualify financially — and The Complete Divorce handles your entire document package for $49.99/mo.
Set that against a contested case in Silicon Valley, where attorney fees routinely climb into five and six figures, and the value is obvious.
The wait is set by law, not by us. California imposes a six-month cooling-off period under Family Code §2339, so the earliest any Los Altos divorce can be final is six months and one day after your spouse is served or appears — no matter how quickly you agree.
In practice, organized uncontested couples often finish right around that minimum. Our platform keeps your paperwork moving, so delays come from the calendar, not a missing signature. Here’s how long a California divorce takes.
See how people simplified their divorce, saved thousands, and avoided the emotional and financial strain that often comes with the traditional system. Their stories show what’s possible when divorce is handled differently.
Los Altos is in Santa Clara County, so your case is filed with the Santa Clara County Superior Court at the Family Justice Center Courthouse, 201 North First Street, San José.
Expect the Santa Clara County court filing fee of about $435, plus The Complete Divorce’s monthly subscription of $49.99 for your full, court-ready document package — a fraction of what a Silicon Valley attorney charges.
California’s mandatory six-month waiting period means the soonest your divorce can finalize is six months and one day after service. Organized, cooperative couples often finish right around that legal minimum.
Yes. Santa Clara County lets self-represented filers e-file and use Guide & File. The Complete Divorce prepares every form correctly so your online filing is accepted the first time.
No. California never requires an attorney. If you and your spouse agree on the terms, you can complete a divorce without a lawyer using guided, attorney-built software that handles the paperwork.
Under California Family Code §2320, one spouse must have lived in California for six months and in Santa Clara County for three months immediately before you file your petition.
Santa Clara County family matters are heard at the Family Justice Center Courthouse, 201 North First Street, San José — though uncontested couples rarely appear, since filing is done by mail or online.
Yes. If your spouse ignores the papers, you can proceed by default; if they simply won’t engage, the court can still finalize it. You can divorce without a signature.
Completely. Courts don’t judge how forms were prepared, only that they’re correct and complete. Properly filed online divorce documents are just as valid in Santa Clara County as any other.
Short marriages under five years with few assets may use summary dissolution; everyone else who agrees can use the new 2026 joint petition to skip service and move faster.
