What is a divorce kit?

Every state gives you the forms for free. None of them give you the order, the real deadlines, or the specific traps that get filings rejected. That is what these are. Each kit is built from that state's own courts and statutes, not a generic national template with the state name swapped in.

Which states have a divorce kit?

All fifty. Each one has its own kit built from that state's courts and statutes.

Can I file for divorce without a lawyer?

Yes, in every state. What tends to go wrong is not the decision but the mechanics: the order of the steps, the deadlines, and the specific errors that get a filing rejected at the counter.

Do the kits cost anything?

No. The kits, the form lists with download links, the deadline calculator and the fifty-state comparisons are free, with no account required and nothing to buy.

How do I know the forms are current?

Each page carries a 'sources last checked' date, which records when the sources on that page were last read against their originals: statutes, court rules and official fee schedules. It is not the date the page was last edited. Where something is found to be wrong, it is published at thecusp.app/corrections with the date, what changed, and how long the error was live.

Do it yourself, correctly

How to file for divorce in your state

Fifty state-by-state divorce kits — forms, deadlines and filing costs.

Every state gives you the forms for free. None of them give you the order, the real deadlines, or the specific traps that get filings rejected. That’s what these are.

Each kit is built from that state’s own courts and statutes — not a generic national template with the state name swapped in. Answer a short quiz, get your exact form list with real download links, and a deadline calculator that turns the rules into actual dates on your calendar. What it costs to file in your state →

Every kit now opens with the same four things. Which route your case is on and the conditions the rule actually sets for it; every form that route uses, grouped the way your state groups them, linked to the official PDF where your state publishes one; whether you may file electronically, must, or file on paper — which differs by state and almost nobody sets out; and the sequence, step by step, with what each step costs.

A note on what that last one is worth. Twenty-five states leave e-filing to your choice. Three require it of you. Eighteen have you file on paper or keep their system closed to you. Four depend on your county or parish. Every one of those answers was read on the state’s own source.

Not ready to file yet? Most people arrive here before the paperwork is the problem. The first thirty days is the order of operations and what can wait. Temporary orders is what a court can do about rent and the children while the case runs. Free and low-cost help is where to look if a lawyer is out of reach, and doing it without a lawyer is an honest account of when that works and when it does not. Is there an alimony formula in my state? answers the question almost everyone asks next.

Before you pick a state: do you even have to e-file?

Where the choice is yours, where the court will not let you e-file at all, and “mandatory” almost always means mandatory for attorneys. All fifty, side by side →

Where these come from

Every state publishes its own divorce forms free, and each kit is built from that publication rather than from a national template. Three examples you can check without leaving this page: California’s own self-help divorce pages, the Connecticut Judicial Branch form library, and Florida’s family law forms. The kits add what those pages do not: the order, the deadlines, and the errors that get a filing rejected. If a kit ever disagrees with the court, the court is right — and we want to know, at thecusp.app/corrections.

How to file for divorce in your state

Before you pick a state: do you even have to e-file?

Where these come from

Florida Divorce Kit

Connecticut Divorce Kit

New York Divorce Kit

Massachusetts Divorce Kit

California Divorce Kit

Ohio Divorce Kit

New Jersey Divorce Kit

Pennsylvania Divorce Kit

Texas Divorce Kit

Illinois Divorce Kit

Washington Divorce Kit

Arizona Divorce Kit

North Carolina Divorce Kit

Georgia Divorce Kit

Virginia Divorce Kit

Michigan Divorce Kit

Colorado Divorce Kit

Maryland Divorce Kit

Minnesota Divorce Kit

Wisconsin Divorce Kit

Tennessee Divorce Kit

Missouri Divorce Kit

Indiana Divorce Kit

South Carolina Divorce Kit

Alabama Divorce Kit

Louisiana Divorce Kit

Kentucky Divorce Kit

Oregon Divorce Kit

Oklahoma Divorce Kit

Nevada Divorce Kit

Utah Divorce Kit

Iowa Divorce Kit

Kansas Divorce Kit

Arkansas Divorce Kit

Mississippi Divorce Kit

New Mexico Divorce Kit

Nebraska Divorce Kit

West Virginia Divorce Kit

Idaho Divorce Kit

Hawaii Divorce Kit

New Hampshire Divorce Kit

Maine Divorce Kit

Montana Divorce Kit

Rhode Island Divorce Kit

Delaware Divorce Kit

South Dakota Divorce Kit

North Dakota Divorce Kit

Alaska Divorce Kit

Vermont Divorce Kit

Wyoming Divorce Kit

All 50 states. Every one of them.

Beyond the kit: custody and county-level fees

We re-check the law. We will tell you when your state’s changes.