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

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Summary

Divorces in Butts County are filed with the Butts County Superior Court. The filing fee is $218, and sheriff service is $50.

  • Anyone who uses an AI tool, such as ChatGPT, to prepare, draft or review a court filing must say so in a certification at the end of the document, before the signature. That's under a circuit standing order posted in October 2026, and it includes people representing themselves. The certification must name the tool and the part it wrote, and confirm that every citation was checked. A filing that doesn't comply can be struck, and the case can be dismissed.1
  • The clerk's notice to people filing without a lawyer says that the clerk's staff, the judges and the judges' staff can't answer questions about the correct steps. If a case is dismissed because the steps weren't followed, the filing fees aren't refunded.2
  • The clerk's office takes cash, checks, money orders, and Visa, Mastercard or Discover.3
  • Butts County is in the Towaliga Judicial Circuit with Lamar and Monroe counties.4

Where to file

Butts County Clerk of Superior Court
625 West Third Street, Suite 10
Jackson, GA 30233
Phone: 770-775-82145

Filing fee

$218 to file. Sheriff service: $50.3

Parenting class

Georgia courts may require divorcing parents to attend a seminar of up to four hours. Butts County's court pages don't list one, so ask the clerk whether it applies to your case.6

Mediation

A 2017 standing order makes the Sixth Judicial District's ADR program in Griffin mandatory for all domestic cases in the circuit, unless the court releases the spouses from it. The order lists the program's office at 141 West Solomon Street, Suite 200, Griffin, phone 770-228-3758.7

Standing order

The Butts County standing order applies to every domestic relations case. Neither spouse may:

  • Take the children out of the court's area without its permission, except in an emergency the other spouse caused.
  • Sell, borrow against, trade or move out of the court's reach any of the couple's property, except in the ordinary course of business or in an emergency the other spouse caused.
  • Injure, mistreat, vilify, molest, harass or threaten the other spouse or the children.

Either spouse can ask in writing for the order to be reviewed at the temporary hearing.7

Also good to know

The clerk's office doesn't hand out forms for civil cases. Its forms page lists documents every civil case filed in Butts County needs. They include the case filing information form and an information sheet with both spouses' mailing addresses and phone numbers. The page warns that these aren't all the papers you'll need.8

Free and low-cost help in Butts County

  • Haven House (Flint Circuit Council on Family Violence). A state-certified family violence program in McDonough serving Butts, Henry, Lamar and Jasper counties. The number below is its crisis line; its office is 770-954-1008.
    Phone: 770-954-92299
  • 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: 833-457-752910

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.11

Butts County Superior Court website

Sources

  1. ^ Towaliga Judicial Circuit, standing order on the use of artificial intelligence (buttscountyclerkofcourt.com, PDF)
  2. ^ Butts County Clerk of Superior Court, notice to people representing themselves (buttscountyclerkofcourt.com, PDF)
  3. ^ Butts County Clerk of Superior Court, civil division: key points and filing fees (buttscountyclerkofcourt.com)
  4. ^ O.C.G.A. § 15-6-1, judicial circuits (Justia) (law.justia.com)
  5. ^ Butts County Clerk of Superior Court (buttscountyclerkofcourt.com)
  6. ^ Uniform Superior Court Rule 24.8, parenting seminars (gasupreme.us)
  7. ^ Butts County Superior Court, standing orders on domestic cases and mediation: mediation and standing order (buttscountyclerkofcourt.com, PDF)
  8. ^ Butts County Clerk of Superior Court, forms (buttscountyclerkofcourt.com)
  9. ^ Georgia Criminal Justice Coordinating Council, state-certified family violence agencies (PDF) (cjcc.georgia.gov)
  10. ^ Georgia Legal Services Program, what we do (glsp.org)
  11. ^ 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.

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Nearby counties

Fees and court rules differ from county to county. Guides for neighboring counties: Henry County, Newton County and Spalding County.

Butts County also borders Jasper, Lamar and Monroe counties. Their clerks are listed on the Georgia page.

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