Court Filing Fees

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Court filing fees in Georgia

What the court charges to start a divorce or an adult name change in Georgia, as stated in the fee schedule or statute. Lawyer fees, service of papers and newspaper costs are extra.

$220to file for divorce
$215to file for an adult name change

The details

Fee to file for divorce
Divorce $220.00 (Gwinnett County Superior Court Clerk)12

This is the fee in Gwinnett. Other counties may charge a different amount.

Fulton County is the most populous but its fee schedule blocked reading. Gwinnett, the next largest, is shown instead.

Fee to respond to a divorce
No answer fee listed1

Gwinnett fee page lists no answer fee.

Fee for an adult name change
New Civil and Family Cases $215.00 (Gwinnett County Superior Court)1

This is the fee in Gwinnett. Other counties may charge a different amount.

Name change is not listed by name. Fulton schedule could not be read.

Court that handles divorce
Superior Court2
If you cannot afford the fee
Affidavit of Eligibility to Proceed In Forma Pauperis: For a person who because of indigent status is unable to pay the costs of the proceeding.3 Get the form
Fees change, and some counties add local fees. Check the court's own fee page or call the clerk before you file.

Sources

  1. Superior Court Fees, Gwinnett County Courts, checked 1 November 2026
  2. General Information on Divorce in Georgia (2024), Judicial Council of Georgia, checked 1 November 2026
  3. Affidavit of Eligibility to Proceed In Forma Pauperis, Judicial Council of Georgia, checked 1 November 2026

Checked 1 November 2026. "Secondary" marks a source we used only because the official page could not be read.