Ending a marriage in the nation’s busiest court system shouldn’t mean surrendering your savings to a retainer.
An online divorce in Los Angeles County lets you prepare every court-ready form from your kitchen table, on your own schedule, without a single billable hour.
If you and your spouse broadly agree on the big questions, your case is an uncontested divorce — and in California you’re fully allowed to complete it as a divorce without a lawyer, sometimes through the faster summary dissolution track.
That’s exactly what The Complete Divorce was built for. It’s an attorney-designed, guided-DIY program that turns Los Angeles County’s intimidating FL-forms into plain-English questions, then hands you a printable, court-approved packet — with a family law expert reviewing your work so nothing bounces back from the clerk.
Picture it done: signed, filed, and behind you, without the $5,000+ and sometimes $15,000+ attorney fight. Start your online divorce for just $49.99/month — no contracts, cancel anytime, and the same court-approved forms LA judges expect.
There is no separate “online divorce” category in California law — it’s a standard dissolution of marriage where you prepare and file your paperwork digitally instead of paying a lawyer to do it.
In Los Angeles County this fits perfectly, because the Superior Court’s Family Law Division supports electronic filing, so your FL-100 Petition and FL-110 Summons can be submitted online rather than standing in a courthouse line.
You file with the Los Angeles County Superior Court, and the court routes your case to a courthouse by ZIP code. Central-city residents are handled at the Stanley Mosk Courthouse.
Other districts have their own family law courthouses — Governor George Deukmejian Courthouse in Long Beach (275 Magnolia Ave.), the Pasadena Courthouse (300 E. Walnut St.), the Antelope Valley Courthouse in Lancaster, plus Van Nuys, Santa Monica, and Torrance. Confirm yours on the official filing-location tool at lacourt.ca.gov before you prepare documents.
For most Angelenos who agree on the essentials, an online divorce is simply the smarter route — cheaper, faster, private, and far less stressful than a contested fight in a crowded downtown courtroom. Here’s what you actually gain:
A lawyer-driven LA divorce often climbs past $5,000 — $15,000 once both sides retain counsel. Guided online filing replaces that with a fully guided-DIY divorce of $49.99/month subscription.
When spouses agree, LA County typically grants the judgment on the paperwork alone — you usually never set foot in a courtroom.
The platform is open 24/7, so you complete questionnaires between shifts, school runs, or across time zones — no office hours, no commute on the 405.
Your divorce forms are kept current with California and LA-specific court rules, so you avoid the rejected-filing delays that derail self-filers.
A secure shared portal with multifactor authentication keeps your financial disclosures and personal details protected — not spread across a law office.
An “invite spouse” feature lets both parties collaborate on the same case, which keeps a cooperative, uncontested divorce moving instead of stalling.
In an uncontested Los Angeles case, no — you are not required to hire an attorney, and most couples who agree on property, support, and parenting don’t need one.
The catch with pure do-it-yourself filing is that California’s forms are unforgiving, and a single misstep can cost you weeks. That’s the gap The Complete Divorce closes.
Our program is not bare software. It’s a guided DIY program created by California family law expert Dina Haddad, who has guided divorcing couples since 2019.
You answer plain-English questions; the system assembles your court-ready FL-forms and an attorney-grade Marital Settlement Agreement.
Then a divorce expert reviews your packet before it reaches the clerk, so errors are caught early — the difference between a smooth filing and a rejected one.
You also get bi-weekly live webinars, step-by-step video guides, checklists, and 24/7 support. If you hit a knot — a complex asset or a custody wrinkle — you can book a one-on-one strategy session instead of a full retainer.
A lawyer still makes sense if your divorce involves domestic violence, hidden assets, or a spouse who refuses to cooperate. For everyone else, guided DIY is the practical middle path.
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California law sets a floor that no court — not even the largest in the nation — can shorten: your divorce cannot be final until six months and one day after your spouse is served, a mandatory cooling-off period under Family Code § 2339. So “fast” really means getting your paperwork done early and correctly, not skipping the wait.
With a guided online divorce, couples often complete and file their forms in a few weeks rather than months, because the questionnaires and reviews remove the usual back-and-forth with the clerk.
Most Complete Divorce clients finish their paperwork within a few weeks; then the 6-month waiting period runs its course. Where self-filers lose time is rejected paperwork and missed financial disclosure deadlines — exactly what the expert review is built to prevent.
Most Complete Divorce clients finish within the 3-to-6-month window. Our DIY divorce checklist keeps every step and deadline in order.
Not every agreeable couple takes the same track, and 2026 added a powerful new option.
Summary dissolution is California’s oldest shortcut but it’s available only if you’ve been married five years or less, have no children together, own no real estate, and keep community property, separate property, and debts under the current limits. Both spouses file one joint petition and waive spousal support.
Most LA couples don’t fit those tight limits — which is why Senate Bill 1427 matters. Effective January 1, 2026, California created a new Joint Petition for Dissolution (Form FL-700) that lets both spouses file together as co-petitioners for a single Filing fee is $870 for the case, with no cap on marriage length, children, or assets.
It’s the cooperative, lower-conflict path for couples who agree but can’t use summary dissolution. The Complete Divorce supports both routes and tells you which one fits.
A fully contested divorce with attorneys on both sides commonly runs well past $5,000 and can drag on for a year or more. An online divorce replaces nearly all of that with two predictable numbers.
First, The Complete Divorce subscription: $49.99/month, month-to-month, with no contracts and no hidden fees — and because you can cancel anytime, your total program cost usually lands in the low hundreds.
Second, the Los Angeles County court filing fee: $435 in 2026 (the statewide range is $435–$450), which the court charges, not us, and which is not included in the subscription.
If money is tight, you may qualify for a court fee waiver (Form FW-001) that reduces the filing fee to $0. Issues like property division are handled inside your plan rather than billed as costly add-ons.
Having kids doesn’t push you back into a lawyer’s office — it just adds a few required pieces, and a guided online divorce handles them.
When minor children are involved, your LA County filing includes the UCCJEA declaration (FL-105), and your judgment must set out a parenting plan the court can approve.
California decides custody on the best interests of the child, and parents are free to agree on their own child custody and visitation schedule — the court generally honors a reasonable agreement.
Child support is then calculated under California’s statewide guideline formula, which weighs each parent’s income and timeshare, so the number isn’t guesswork.
The Complete Divorce builds a court-ready parenting plan and runs guideline support calculations for you, and the platform handles any spousal support terms in the same flow. One secure case, both parents, every child-related form in order.
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Yes. Online divorce is fully legal in California — it’s a standard dissolution with paperwork prepared and e-filed digitally.
The Complete Divorce is attorney-designed, so every form meets LA County court requirements.
You file electronically with the LA County Superior Court, which assigns your courthouse by ZIP code.
Central cases go to Stanley Mosk; others route to district courthouses like Long Beach or Pasadena. Confirm yours at lacourt.ca.gov.
At least one spouse must have lived in California for six months and in Los Angeles County for three months before filing, under Family Code § 2320.
California requires a minimum of six months and one day from the date of service before a divorce is final. Your paperwork can be done in weeks; the waiting period is fixed by law.
The Complete Divorce is $49.99/month, cancel anytime, and most couples finish their paperwork within a few weeks. The separate LA County court filing fee is $435 in 2026.
No, not for an uncontested divorce. A guided DIY program with expert form review covers most cases. Hire a lawyer only for abuse, hidden assets, or a non-cooperative spouse.
If your income is low, you can apply for a court fee waiver (Form FW-001) that can bring the $435 filing fee to $0. The program subscription is separate.
Yes. You’ll add the UCCJEA form and a parenting plan, and support is set by California’s child support guideline. The platform builds the custody paperwork for you.
Summary dissolution suits short, child-free marriages with few assets.
The new 2026 Joint Petition (FL-700) lets any agreeing couple file together for one combined $870 fee, with no asset or children limits.
Yes. A secure shared portal with an invite-spouse feature lets both parties collaborate on one case, which keeps a cooperative, uncontested filing moving.
