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How much does it cost to file for divorce in Oklahoma?

Filing for divorce in Oklahoma costs a $183 flat fee at the district court clerk's counter, set by 28 O.S. §152(A)(1) for actions for divorce, alimony without divorce, separate maintenance, custody or support. The flat fee is not the whole amount collected: the same statute adds mandatory assessments of $6 + $25 + $10 + $2 + $10, so the total collected on a divorce filing is $236 before any optional county courthouse-security assessment of up to $10. Oklahoma is unusual in publishing the entire stack in one statute — this page shows every line rather than quoting the $183 alone.

Oklahoma divorce fees at a glance

Section 152 opens with the rule that makes the stack predictable: in any civil case filed in a district court, the clerk collects the flat fees in subsection A, none of which shall ever be refundable, and which shall be the only charge for court costs, except as is otherwise specifically provided for by law. The add-ons in subsections B through G are exactly those specific provisions, and each one names the fund it feeds — the county law library, the statewide court information system, court-appointed special advocates for children, judicial complaints and interpreter services, and the clerk's records preservation fund. A county may also, with its commissioners' approval, assess up to $10 more for courthouse security under subsection F; because that charge is optional and county-by-county, it is shown separately above and is not folded into the $236. The national comparison is on the divorce filing costs hub and the wider state picture is on the Oklahoma court costs guide.

One fee for the whole family-case family

Oklahoma prices divorce as part of a single family-case line. Paragraph A(1) charges the same $183 flat fee for divorce, alimony without divorce, separate maintenance, custody and support — so a divorce with a custody fight and a divorce with nothing to divide pay the identical clerk's fee, and a standalone custody case (covered on the Oklahoma custody costs page) starts at the same number. What changes the total is what happens after filing: an ancillary proceeding to modify or vacate a divorce decree's custody or support terms is a separate $43 flat fee under A(2), and any other proceeding after judgment is $33 under A(13). Divorce is filed in the district court of the county where a spouse resides, and Oklahoma's petition must state the statutory grounds; the clerk's fee does not vary with the ground alleged, the length of the marriage, or the value of the property being divided.

What the filing package includes

The filing that opens the case is the petition for dissolution, a summons for the other spouse, and the cover and financial paperwork the district court requires; cases with minor children add the child-support computation and parenting documents Oklahoma courts use statewide. Because §152 makes the flat fee the only charge for court costs apart from the named assessments, there is no separate docketing, filing-index or decree fee waiting at the end of an Oklahoma divorce — the predictable clerk-side cost is the $236 collected on day one, plus the $43 or $33 flat fees if post-decree proceedings follow. Payments to the clerk may be made by a nationally recognised credit or debit card or other electronic method under §152(I), which the statute added so filers are not limited to cash or money order.

How the case runs

1. Confirm Oklahoma residency and the county where a spouse resides, and choose the statutory ground to allege in the petition
2. Complete the petition for dissolution, summons and, with minor children, the support and parenting paperwork
3. File with the district court clerk and pay the flat fee and assessments $236 total
4. Serve your spouse, or file their signed waiver of service where they agree to it
5. Complete the waiting and disclosure steps the court orders, then submit the decree for signature or set the contested issues for hearing

What divorce really costs beyond the clerk

The $236 is the court-cost stack, not the cost of the divorce. Sheriff or private-process service is charged by the server under separate fee provisions and is not inside the §152 flat fee, so this page does not price it. Parenting education, custody evaluation and mediation, where ordered, are priced by the provider. Attorney fees are market-priced and are normally the largest cost in a contested Oklahoma divorce. What this page can promise is narrower and useful: the clerk will collect $183 plus $53 of named assessments, may collect up to $10 more if your county has adopted the security assessment, and will charge $43 for a later custody-or-support modification proceeding and $33 for other post-judgment proceedings, each plus the assessments that apply to those filings. Compare neighbouring structures in Kansas divorce costs, Texas divorce costs and New Mexico divorce costs.

Can't afford the fee?

Section 152(H) contains Oklahoma's waiver in the same statute as the fees: a litigant who, by reason of poverty, cannot pay the fees and cannot employ counsel may file an affidavit in forma pauperis, and on a satisfactory showing no fees or costs shall be required. The other side may file a counter-affidavit contradicting the claim of poverty, the court must promptly set the question for hearing, and until a final order finds the filer ineligible the clerk must let the case proceed without payment. The statute warns that a false affidavit is perjury. File the affidavit with the petition, not after the clerk has turned you away. The general mechanics are explained in the fee waiver guide.

Sources: Oklahoma Statutes tit. 28, §152 (2025), read directly at build time — flat fee in subsection A plus the mandatory assessments in subsections B ($6 Law Library, on listed paragraphs), C ($25 Oklahoma Court Information System), D ($10 OCASA), E ($2) and G ($10 Court Clerk's Records Management and Preservation Fund, until Nov. 1, 2027); subsection F allows a county to add up to $10 for courthouse security, not counted in the totals on this page. Last verified: October 2026 — confirm current figures with the district court clerk.