Married couples can now untie the knot with a simple touch of a button. Several mobile apps make the divorce process quick and easy by doing away with exorbitant legal fees and other impediments.
For only $995, Avvo's mobile app lets couples contact a nearby lawyer to do the necessary paperwork for the impending divorce. The package also includes a 30-minute phone call while extra fees are required for further counseling, CNBC reported.
"For better or for worse, technology has made it easier for people to split," said Avvo's chief consumer advocate Josh King. "The critical thing is that you don't have a lot of disagreements or complicated externalities. These products are designed to cover a wide range of people that have a fairly routine legal problem."
With the use of Separate.Us, couples can file and serve divorce papers exclusively online. The whole service will set customers back between $1,000 and $3,000, that's roughly $17,000 less than the average divorce cost in the US, as per Huffington Post.
There's also Wevorce, which guides couples through the entire divorce process. The company has a network of over 600 lawyers, counselors as well as financial experts who would aid couples in properly splitting their accumulated assets.
According to Slate, Wevorce compresses the year-long divorce process into just 90 days. The company will also assist couples with regards to child custody and other legal matters for the starting price of $750.
John Slowiaczek, president of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, has some reservations about the new divorce apps. He stated that couples have other issues to deal with aside from the actual divorce. Other things they should iron out are alimony, child support, credit cards, student loans, investments, retirement accounts and real estate properties.
"If they have no assets and no children, you can do one of those divorces, no harm, no foul," he said. "Couples argue over the Christmas decorations; it's always about getting in the last dig and that's why the Pro Se divorces or divorce apps don't make sense."
