Your numbers · Your planning assumptions
Separate known costs from questions you still need to answer.
Enter quotes or planning assumptions for Alabama. This totals your inputs; it does not predict the cost of a case. Use zero only when you intentionally exclude a category, and keep unknown costs on your follow-up list.
Method: filing and service + (attorney hours × hourly rate) + mediation + experts + other costs. Avoid double-counting a retainer if it is an advance against the same hourly fees.
No numbers are sent by this calculator. Confirm fees with your clerk and request written estimates from providers.
Confirm the current filing fee and service charges with your local clerk. Ask providers what is included, how additional work is billed and whether a retainer is refundable or credited against fees.
Keep a dated estimate beside each figure. Revisit the budget when the scope changes, rather than treating the first total as a cap.