You chose Edgewood because it puts you minutes from everything: the hospital corridor, downtown, the quiet streets off South Orange Avenue. A divorce shouldn't wreck that efficiency. We run the process on one fixed fee, put in writing before you hire us, with no hourly bill creeping up afterward.
One call gets it moving. Call Good Life Legal at 689-986-2380, or complete the form on this page and we will call you.
The Plain-English Answer for Edgewood
Florida is a no-fault state, which keeps the reasons out of the record. For Edgewood residents, a divorce is filed with the Orange County Clerk of Courts and heard in downtown Orlando, on the same road the city sits on. The court needs two things:
- Grounds: the marriage must be irretrievably broken, the no-fault standard set by Fla. Stat. § 61.052.
- Residency: at least one spouse must have lived in Florida for the six months before filing, under Fla. Stat. § 61.021.
Local pro tip: From Edgewood it's roughly 15 minutes straight up South Orange Avenue to the courthouse at 425 N. Orange Ave., one of the shorter courthouse trips in the county. When a hearing does happen, you can usually be there and back before lunch.
Your Courthouse Is Up the Street
Edgewood divorce cases are heard at the Orange County Courthouse, 425 N. Orange Ave., in downtown Orlando, roughly 15 minutes north on the very road the city sits on. Filings go in electronically, and most of the case runs by phone and paperwork, so even that short trip is rare.
Edgewood is about two miles of mostly residential streets where school zoning can change from one address to the next, and that detail matters. A parenting plan drafted without checking the actual zoned schools for each parent's new address is a plan that gets renegotiated. We check first, whether the exchange point ends up near the Hansel Avenue shops or closer to SoDo.
Five Steps, Start to Finish
- One free ten-minute call. We listen and give you a straight read. If we're a fit, the next step is a one-hour consultation with an attorney, $150 prepaid, and you leave it with your total fixed price in writing.
- Filing with the Orange County Clerk. We file your petition with the Orange County Clerk of Courts. Many Florida counties also enter a standing order at filing that sets ground rules for both spouses while the case is open, and we walk you through it if yours does.
- Service and the 20-day clock. Your spouse is formally served and has 20 days to respond under Rule 12.140(a)(1).
- Mandatory disclosure. Within 45 days, both sides exchange financial documents under Fla. Fam. L. R. P. 12.285. One more thing worth knowing: in a fully agreed case, your spouse typically accepts service instead of being formally served, and the two of you can often waive the document exchange by agreement, which is part of why agreed cases move faster.
- Mediation, then the final hearing if needed. Most cases settle in private mediation with an experienced mediator both sides choose. Your coffee run to Hansel Avenue stays exactly where it was. If yours needs a judge, we request a final hearing at the Orange County Courthouse.
Counselors and Financial Planners Near Edgewood
Divorce is a legal process wrapped around an emotional one and a financial one, and the legal part goes best when the other two are handled. A counselor helps each spouse, and the kids, keep their footing while the case moves. A planner turns the settlement talk into concrete numbers: what the house costs to keep, what support really covers, what retirement looks like after division. Edgewood has few offices of this kind inside city limits, so the providers below serve it from nearby. If faith is part of how you get through hard seasons, our Chaplain Care Service is available too.
- EQ Counseling & Testing LLC (Dr. Ronit Navon, PhD, LMHC), Orlando 32839, (407) 461-9721. A doctorate-level counselor who lists divorce adjustment as a named specialty.
- Moisand Fitzgerald Tamayo, (877) 869-6228. A fee-only planning firm with an Orlando-area location for retirement and asset-division questions.
This list is a starting point, not an endorsement. Please verify current details before you call.
What Edgewood Residents Ask Us
Where are Edgewood divorce cases actually heard?
At the Orange County Courthouse, 425 N. Orange Ave., in downtown Orlando, the same street the city sits on, roughly 15 minutes door to door.
I work hospital shifts. Can a parenting plan handle that?
Yes. Time-sharing schedules can be built around rotating and overnight shifts. Plenty of Edgewood parents work the Orlando Health corridor, and a plan that mirrors a real shift calendar holds up better than a standard alternating-weekend template.
Will one of us automatically get the kids most of the time?
No. Since July 1, 2023, Florida starts from a rebuttable presumption that equal time-sharing is in the children's best interest. Courts decide parental responsibility and time-sharing under Fla. Stat. § 61.13. Those are the terms the statutes use for what most people search as custody, and the presumption can be overcome with evidence.
How do we split what we own?
Equitably, starting from a premise of equal, under Fla. Stat. § 61.075. The 45-day disclosure rule, Fla. Fam. L. R. P. 12.285, means both spouses see the whole picture first.
What if my spouse is hiding money?
Both spouses must exchange financial documents within 45 days under Rule 12.285. Pay stubs, tax returns, and account statements surface early, on a deadline.
How long does it take?
A typical uncontested case runs about three months. Fla. Stat. § 61.19 allows a final judgment as early as 20 days after filing, though few cases move that fast. We scope a standard contested case at seven months or settlement. That is how we set the fixed price, not a promise about speed.
Edgewood, Get Your Answer in Ten Minutes
One free phone call. We'll tell you where you stand, what happens next, and the single number your divorce would cost.
Call Good Life Legal at 689-986-2380, or complete the form on this page and we will call you. Confidential. No pressure. No obligation. Serving Edgewood and SoDo, Pine Castle, and Conway.
Related reading: How divorce works in Florida, start to finish