Ontario · Uncontested divorce
Answer straightforward questions, prepare your court forms, and follow a clear guide through the next steps. Choose to handle the process yourself or request lawyer assistance.
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About 3 minutes. No account required for the eligibility check.
Plain-language questions, one topic at a time, with a note on why each is asked.
Your answers save to your account. Stop and continue from any device.
The package price and HST are shown before you start. Court fees are listed separately.
Choose your level of assistance
Self-guidedSelected
You prepare your documents using the guided questionnaire and handle filing and service.
You prepare, check, file and serve.
No ID upload needed.
Our lawyer handles itSelected
Our family lawyer takes over: we check everything, prepare and file your application, arrange service and see it through to the certificate. See what it covers.
You answer the questions and sign. Our lawyer files and serves.
Photo ID and your marriage certificate are uploaded for the firm’s client check.
You may need a separation agreement first. It records what you and your spouse agree on; the divorce then asks the court for the divorce only.
Each package is paid once, at the end. You can change your choice until you pay. After paying for Do it yourself you can still upgrade to Lawyer-managed until your application is first submitted to the court: $500 + HST more, with the $499 you paid credited. After that, a lawyer’s help is $450 an hour + HST.
What you receive
Responsibilities and costs
| Do it yourself | $563.87 including HST ($499 + $64.87 HST) |
|---|---|
| Lawyer-managed | $1,128.87 including HST ($999 + $129.87 HST) |
| Court fees, paid separately to the court | $224 filing the application $445 submitting the affidavit and draft order for the divorce order $25 the certificate of divorce $694 in total |
| Commissioning your affidavit | Not included in either package. Optional video appointment: $99 + HST. |
| What Lawyer-managed covers | The firm becomes your lawyer for the divorce: a family lawyer checks your answers and documents, prepares and files your application, arranges service on your spouse and sees it through to the divorce order and the certificate. Court fees and the process server are paid separately. A conflict check comes first; photo ID is needed, as you become a client of the firm. |
The $224 is the court's $214 filing fee and the federal government's $10 Central Registry of Divorce Proceedings fee, paid together when you file (the $10 cannot be waived). The $445 is paid when the application is placed before a judge for the divorce order. This is a limited-scope document service. It does not include legal advice on support, property or parenting, or filing, serving or attending anything on your behalf.
How it works
Answer the initial questions (about 3 minutes).
Complete the guided questionnaire (about 33 minutes in all) and check your documents.
Pay when your documents are ready. They are released with the next-step guide.
Questions
It is for an uncontested divorce in Ontario: You and your spouse agree the marriage is over and ask the court only for the divorce itself. The eligibility check asks about your marriage, your separation and any children. If your answers show that you need a lawyer, the service tells you so.
You do not need their signature. On an application you make on your own, your spouse is served with the papers and has 30 days to answer. If they do not, the divorce goes ahead.
Your marriage certificate (you file it with your application, or we tell you how to order it), the date you separated, your spouse's full name and current address, and, if you have children, where they live and what support is paid. Lawyer-managed also needs your government photo ID.
Do it yourself is $563.87 including HST; Lawyer-managed is $1,128.87 including HST. Either is paid once, at the end. Court fees are separate and paid by you to the court: $224 filing the application, $445 submitting the affidavit and draft order for the divorce order, $25 the certificate of divorce. Commissioning your affidavit is not included; it is an optional $99 + HST.
Yes. Your answers are saved as you type. Sign in from any device and the page takes you to the next step; we can also email you your link.
Yes. Choose Lawyer-managed, where the firm becomes your lawyer (after a conflict check) and sees the divorce through. If you start with Do it yourself, you can upgrade any time until your application is first submitted to the court, and what you paid is credited. After that first submission, even if the court returns or rejects it, a lawyer's help is hourly, under a separate retainer. On its own, Do it yourself is a document service, not legal advice.
Lawyer-managed · $1,128.87 including HST
Questions first? Call (905) 795-7757.