What you can use here
US Divorce Cost publishes free divorce cost estimators, child support calculators, spousal support tools, state guides, and county court starting points. The calculators are meant for planning. They show the inputs and assumptions behind the result so you can change a number and see what moved.
A useful estimate should show its work. Court fees and statutory percentages are identified as such. Attorney time, hourly rates, mediation costs, and similar case expenses stay editable because they are not fixed statewide prices.
Who the site is for
The pages are written for people who are preparing a budget, gathering documents, comparing possible arrangements, or getting ready to speak with a lawyer or mediator. They may also help professionals explain where a guideline calculation ends and case-specific judgment begins.
How we research a page
We start with state statutes, court rules, court forms, agency guidance, and county fee schedules. Secondary sources can point us toward a topic, but we use an official source for a material rule whenever one is available. Calculator logic is kept separate from page copy and covered by automated tests.
US Divorce Cost researches and maintains these pages. The current California, New York, and Texas material has not been reviewed by a licensed attorney. We do not use a generic “expert reviewed” label. If a lawyer reviews a page in the future, we will name that person, their jurisdiction, the scope of the review, and the date.
Our calculation methodology explains what each tool includes. The editorial policy explains sourcing, review dates, corrections, and commercial independence.
Where coverage is available
- California: child support under Family Code §4055, temporary spousal support comparisons, divorce costs, six legal guides, and five county pages.
- New York: CSSA child support, maintenance, divorce costs, five legal guides, and five county pages.
- Texas: child support based on net resources, statutory spousal maintenance, divorce costs, six legal guides, and five county pages.
Each state and guide page shows when its sources were last checked. We do not publish a new state until its calculator rules, page content, and route-level tests are in place.
Where our help ends
US Divorce Cost is not a law firm. Using the site does not create an attorney-client relationship, and a calculator cannot decide disputed income, eligibility, custody, property division, local procedure, or how a judge will exercise discretion. Treat the result as a question-building tool, not as evidence or a court-approved calculation.
If you find a problem
Laws and fee schedules change, and we can make mistakes. Send the page URL, the statement or result that looks wrong, and the source you checked through our contact and corrections page. We review specific reports and update the page date when a substantive correction is published.