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.
Christianity is the largest religion in Germany, with around 49.4 million adherents (62.8%) in 2008 of which 24 million are Protestants (29.3%) belonging to the EKD and 23.9 million are Catholics (29.2%) in 2010, the remainder belong to small denominations (each considerably less than 0.5% of the German population).