Mobile County Clerk’s Office - Domestic Relations Division
Tachonda Smith - Deputy Clerk, Domestic Relations Division
Phone: (251) 574-8441 • tachonda.smith@alacourt.gov
Room C 909 • 205 Government Street • Mobile, Alabama 36644-2909
Effective September 8, 2008, all filings with the Clerk’s Office must comply with the following checklist:
Uncontested Divorce with children
HS-16 Certificate of Divorce (Vital Statistics)
Information Sheet (CS-47)
Petition for Divorce
Custody Affidavit (if applicable)
Answer & Waiver
Commissioner’s Certificate w/Affidavit of Testimonies Agreement
Statement of Non-Representation (if applicable)**
Child Support Guideline Forms (CS-41, CS-42 and CS-43)
Divorce Decree(w/paragraphs required by law and local Judges’ requirements)
Income Withholding Order
Uncontested Divorce without children
HS-16, Certificate of Divorce (Vital Statistics)
Information Sheet (CS-47)
Petition for Divorce
Answer & Waiver
Commissioner’s Certificate w/Affidavit of Testimonies Agreement
Statement of Non-Representation (if applicable)**
Divorce Decree
** If there is only one attorney involved in an uncontested proceeding, a Notice of Non-Representation Party/Right to counsel shall be filed.
Contested Divorce with children
HS-16, Certificate of Divorce (Vital Statistics)
Information Sheet (CS-47)
Petition for Divorce (2 copies)##
Income Withholding Order
Contested Divorce-No Children
HS-16, Certificate of Divorce(Vital Statistics)
Information Sheet (CS-47)
Petition For Divorce (2 copies) ##
** In no manner can the Clerk’s Office give legal advice. The above documents are to be used as legal information. **
**The Clerk’s Office can not assist you in completing and/or give the legal language these documents must contain.**
**Information regarding forms may be found on the website
http://www.alabamalegalhelp.org and
http://eforms.alacourt.gov/.
NO FILL IN THE BLANK FORMS WILL BE ACCEPTED
Compliance with Rule 11 of the Alabama Rules of Civil Procedure:
"Every pleading, motion or other paper of a party represented by an attorney shall be signed by at least one attorney of record in the attorney’s individual name, whose address shall be stated. A party who is not represented by an attorney shall sign the pleading, motion, or other paper, and state the party’s address."
Additionally: Attorneys shall include their attorney code and trial date on pleadings.
