Whether you handle your divorce yourself or hire an attorney, there will be extra costs. State courts charge a filing fee for a divorce petition, usually in the neighborhood of $200. If you use a sheriff or private process server to deliver your petition to your spouse, this will cost an additional $35 to $100.
Germany is a federal republic consisting of sixteen federal states (German: Bundesland, or Land). Since today's Germany was formed from an earlier collection of several states, it has a federal constitution, and the constituent states retain a measure of sovereignty.
The Districts of Germany (Kreise) are administrative districts, and every state except the city-states of Berlin and Hamburg, and the state of Bremen consists of rural districts (Landkreise), District-free Towns/Cities (Kreisfreie StÃ¤dte, in Baden-WÃ¼rttemberg also called urban districts, or Stadtkreise), cities that are districts in their own right, or local associations of a special kind (KommunalverbÃ¤nde besonderer Art), see below.