Georgia divorce filing fees by county.
What the Clerk of Superior Court lists to file for divorce in Chatham, Cherokee, Cobb, Coweta, DeKalb, Forsyth, Gwinnett, Hall, Houston, Muscogee and Richmond counties, read from each clerk’s own published page or schedule and linked to it.
Georgia has no single statewide divorce filing fee; each Clerk of Superior Court publishes its own. Across the 11 counties below, the lowest amount any clerk prints is $215.00 (Coweta) and the highest is $220.00 (Gwinnett). Most clerks print one civil line that covers divorce rather than a divorce line of its own, and the table says which. Service of the papers and e-filing charges are shown apart from the filing fee, and we do not add components together unless the clerk prints the total.
For how the fee is built up and what a Georgia divorce costs beyond filing, see Georgia divorce costs.
Filing fee by county
| County | Fee as printed | What it covers | Source and date on it | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chatham | General Civil and Domestic (Plus Applicable Service Fee) $218.00 | Divorce is not named on the page; it falls under the “General Civil and Domestic” line. The page also lists a $78.00 line for civil cases filed by a local government and $93.00 for a state agency, which do not apply to divorce. The service fee amount is not printed. | Chatham County Superior Court Clerk, civil intake feesPrinted “Effective July 1, 2024” | 17 October 2026 |
| Cherokee | Civil, Modification, Garnishment $218.00 | Divorce is not named on the fee line. The schedule notes the amount “Includes Law Library Fee up to $5.00 and ADR fees up to $10.00, if any,” says “Plus applicable service fees,” and lists “Per Copy Served, General $50.00.” It also lists a “Children’s Trust Fund (divorce only)” item (O.C.G.A. 15-6-77.4) with no separate amount that we could read. | Cherokee County Clerk of Superior Court, Superior Courts of Georgia cost schedulePrinted “Effective July 01, 2024” | 17 October 2026 |
| Cobb | General Civil (including Adoptions, Divorces, and Name Changes) $218.00 | Divorce is named in the line. The page lists a separate “Sheriff Service” of $50.00, “per party and the address must be within Cobb County lines.” It prints no e-filing or convenience fee. | Cobb County Superior Court Clerk, fees and formsPage prints “Court Filing Fees Effective January 1, 2020” next to the $218.00 line | 17 October 2026 |
| Coweta | Domestic Civil Actions (Divorce) $215.00 | Printed as a separate line from “General Civil Actions $215.00.” The page lists a civil action sheriff’s service fee of $50.00 per defendant, for Coweta County residents only, and says e-filing fees are found on the state-approved e-filing portal. | Coweta County Clerk of Superior Court, filing and copy feesPage prints “As of July 1, 2024, all Civil Superior Court Filing Fees will increase by $4.00”; no other date | 17 October 2026 |
| DeKalb | Divorce Filing Fee $217.00 | The page prints “UPDATE: Effective 7/1/2024: Divorce Filing Fee increases to $217.00.” It prints no service or e-filing fee on that page. | DeKalb County Clerk of Superior Court, civil and familyPrinted “Effective 7/1/2024” | 17 October 2026 |
| Forsyth | Domestic and Civil Actions through Judgment $218.00 | Divorce is not named separately. The schedule also lists “Sheriff’s Service Per Each Defendant/Name $50.00.” It prints no total and no e-filing fee. | Forsyth County Clerk of Superior Court, court costs and recording feesNo date printed | 17 October 2026 |
| Gwinnett | Divorce $220.00 | Printed as its own line, above “New Civil and Family Cases $215.00.” The page prints no service fee and no e-filing fee; it links to the eFileGA page. | Gwinnett County Courts, Superior Court feesNo date printed | 17 October 2026 |
| Hall | Civil, Modification, Garnishment $218.00 | Divorce is not named on the fee line. The schedule notes the amount includes a law library fee up to $5.00 and ADR fees up to $10.00, lists “Per Copy Served, General $50.00,” and lists a “Children’s Trust Fund (divorce only)” item with no amount that we could read. | Hall County Clerk of Superior Court, cost schedulePrinted “Rev 5/17/2024” and “Effective JULY 1, 2024” | 17 October 2026 |
| Houston | Civil/Divorce Filing Fee $218.00 | Printed as one line on the Superior Court Clerk page. The page has no link to a fee schedule and prints no service or e-filing amount. | Houston County Superior Court ClerkNo date printed for this fee | 17 October 2026 |
| Muscogee | Civil, Modification, Garnishment $218.00 | From the Superior Courts schedule in a file that also contains the State Courts schedule. Divorce is not named on the fee line. The schedule notes the amount includes a law library fee up to $5.00 and ADR fees up to $10.00, plus applicable service fees, and lists “Per Copy Served, General $50.00.” | Muscogee County Clerk of Superior and State Courts, cost schedulePrinted “Effective July 1, 2024” | 17 October 2026 |
| Richmond | General Civil/Domestic $218.00 | Divorce is not named on the fee line. The schedule says “Plus applicable service fees” and lists “Per Copy Served, General $50.00.” It prints no e-filing or card surcharge. | Superior and State Court of Richmond County, cost and fee schedulePrinted “Effective July 1, 2024” | 17 October 2026 |
Each figure was read from the linked clerk page or document on 17 October 2026. Counties are listed alphabetically. This is not a ranking by population.
Paid on top of the filing fee
Service and e-filing charges are not part of the filing fee. They are listed on their own, and only where an official or vendor source prints the amount.
| Item | Amount as printed | What it is | Source and date on it | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PeachCourt e-filing | $30.00 per party covers 10 filings; $5.00 for each filing from the 11th; plus a convenience fee of 3.5% of the fees plus $0.30 | PeachCourt’s fee page states: “For 2019-and-later cases, the per-party fee of $30.00 provides for 10 filings to be made on behalf of that party,” “For the 11th and later filings, there is a $5.00 fee for each eFiling on behalf of that party,” and that each payment carries a “convenience fee” “equal to 3.5% of the total fees, plus $0.30.” The Coweta clerk’s page points filers to the state-approved e-file portal for e-filing fees. We have not confirmed how each county applies these charges to a divorce, so none is added to any county figure above. | PeachCourt, “What does eFiling cost?”No date printed; page notes “Last Updated” as “1 year ago” | 17 October 2026 |
| Sheriff service of the complaint | $50.00 where printed | Cherokee, Cobb, Coweta, Forsyth, Hall, Muscogee and Richmond print $50.00 for sheriff service (Cobb: per party, address inside Cobb County lines; Coweta: per defendant, Coweta residents only; Forsyth: per defendant; Cherokee, Hall, Muscogee and Richmond: per copy served). Chatham prints “Plus Applicable Service Fee” with no amount. Gwinnett, DeKalb and Houston print no service amount on the pages we read. | See the county sources in the table above | 17 October 2026 |
How to read this table
- Fee as printed is what the clerk’s own page or schedule lists for the filing line that covers a divorce. It is not the cost of a divorce. Serving the papers, e-filing charges, publication if the other spouse cannot be found, and lawyers are separate. Several schedules list divorce publication costs on separate lines; we show none of those.
- Check the date. Cobb’s page prints “Effective January 1, 2020” beside a $218.00 line, and Forsyth, Gwinnett and Houston print no date. A clerk may have changed an amount since its page was last updated. Confirm the current amount with the clerk before you pay.
- Cost waiver. If you cannot afford the fee, Georgia has a Pauper’s Affidavit. See Georgia divorce costs.
Counties not yet checked
Georgia has 159 counties (Georgia Department of Revenue, Local Government Services). We have confirmed the divorce filing fee for 11 of them and show no figure, and make no estimate, for the other 148. Among the larger counties we did not complete: the Fulton clerk’s fee pages could not be retrieved by our research tool because the site disallows automated access; the Clayton page we found prints a divorce fee but states that the fees and requirements it lists “may not be accurate for Clayton County”; the Henry cost schedule page did not load its contents; the Paulding schedule and the Columbia and Bibb Superior Court fee pages could not be read or did not print a Superior Court divorce amount. Check the Clerk of Superior Court’s own site for: Fulton, Clayton, Henry, Paulding, Columbia and Bibb, and every other Georgia county not listed in the table above.
The full cost of a Georgia divorce
Where the money goes, what the fee does not cover, and the cost waiver.
How the other 49 states compare
Our study of divorce filing fees across all 50 states.
Not legal advice. The Cusp is not a law firm and does not give legal advice. Court fees change and clerks update their schedules; confirm the amount with the Clerk of Superior Court in the county where you will file, and talk to a licensed Georgia attorney about your own situation. Corrections: thecusp.app/corrections.