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Divorce in Barrow County, Georgia: costs, court rules and local help

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Summary

Divorces in Barrow County are filed with the Barrow County Superior Court. The filing fee is $213, and sheriff service is $50 per service.

  • Filing costs $213, plus $50 for each sheriff service. The clerk takes cash, money order, cashier's or business checks, or cards with a 4% fee.1
  • The clerk's office is open 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on weekdays.2
  • Lawyers must e-file new civil cases through PeachCourt, and you can search Barrow's civil records online for free. You need an account only to print copies.1
  • Barrow County shares the Piedmont Judicial Circuit, and its divorce rules, with Jackson County.3

Where to file

Barrow County Clerk of Superior Court
652 Barrow Park Drive, Suite B
Winder, GA 30680
Phone: 770-307-30352

Filing fee

$213 to file. Sheriff service: $50 per service.1

Parenting class

If you have children under 18, both parents take a four-hour, $35 Seminar for Divorcing Parents in Jefferson, scheduled through the clerk. Finish it within 60 days after your spouse is served, and before any final hearing.4

Mediation

In divorces filed since September 1, 2025, you and your spouse must try mediation or a judge-hosted settlement conference before a contested final hearing. You can pick a mediator from the circuit's approved list, and the ADR office can help pay for up to two hours if you can't afford it.5

Standing order

A circuit standing order applies to every divorce filed since September 1, 2025. While the case is open, neither spouse may harass the other, take the children out of Georgia for more than eight days or change their school without permission, sell, borrow against or move property, or cut off phones, utilities or insurance.5

Also good to know

The circuit's notice for people filing without a lawyer lists what a divorce with children needs:

  • The complaint and verification.
  • Proof that your spouse was served, or their signed acknowledgment of service.
  • The child support worksheet and schedules, and a parenting plan.
  • A financial affidavit from each spouse.
  • A seminar certificate for each parent.

Without children, you need the complaint, verification and proof of service. The notice says court staff can't help you fill out forms.6

Piedmont Judicial Circuit rules

Barrow County shares its Superior Court judges and divorce rules with Jackson County. The circuit's page has the full standing order, the mediation and parenting seminar rules, and the circuit's other divorce rules.

Piedmont Judicial Circuit divorce rules

Free and low-cost help in Barrow County

  • Peace Place. A state-certified family violence program in Winder serving Barrow, Jackson and Banks counties. The number below is its crisis line; its office is 770-307-3633.
    Phone: 770-586-09277
  • Georgia Legal Services Program. Free civil legal help, including family law, for people with low incomes in 154 of Georgia's 159 counties. Apply online or call the intake line.
    Phone: 833-457-75298

If you need an interpreter

If you or a witness needs an interpreter, including sign language, tell the court in writing before the hearing, at least 5 days ahead where you can. The court then works to provide a licensed interpreter at its own expense.9

Barrow County Superior Court website

Sources

  1. ^ Barrow County Clerk of Courts, civil cases and filing fees: key points and filing fees (barrowga.org)
  2. ^ Barrow County, Clerk of Superior Court: key points and address and phone (barrowga.org)
  3. ^ O.C.G.A. § 15-6-1, judicial circuits (Justia) (law.justia.com)
  4. ^ Piedmont Judicial Circuit, Standing Order 25-002 on the Seminar for Divorcing Parents (PDF) (piedmontsuperiorcourt.org, PDF)
  5. ^ Piedmont Judicial Circuit, Standing Order 2025-11 in domestic relations cases (PDF): mediation and standing order (piedmontsuperiorcourt.org, PDF)
  6. ^ Piedmont Judicial Circuit, notice for people filing without a lawyer (PDF) (barrowga.org)
  7. ^ Georgia Criminal Justice Coordinating Council, state-certified family violence agencies (PDF) (cjcc.georgia.gov)
  8. ^ Georgia Legal Services Program, what we do (glsp.org)
  9. ^ Uniform Superior Court Rule 7.3, interpreters (gasupreme.us)

Court fees and rules change. Check with the clerk before you file. If something here looks out of date, email help@divorce.city.

Next step if you both agreeUncontested divorce in Georgia, step by stepHow an uncontested divorce works in Georgia, in order: checking you qualify, the settlement agreement, the forms, filing, service, the 30-day wait and the final decree.

Nearby counties

Fees and court rules differ from county to county. Guides for neighboring counties: Gwinnett County, Jackson County, Oconee County and Walton County.

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