Family law · Frankfurt am Main
We are Mieke and Dietrich Karcher, lawyers focused on family law, working from Frankfurt for clients across Germany.
Your starting point
Pick the sentence that fits you best.
Online divorce
All the details for the petition in eleven sections. You can pause at any time, and the form stays on your device until you send it.
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Who advises you
Mieke Karcher handles divorce, maintenance and questions about the children, Dietrich Karcher assets and property.
Lawyer, admitted since 2010
She handles uncontested and contested divorces as well as maintenance proceedings, and alongside the divorce she also settles parental responsibility and contact, always with an eye on what it means for your family’s everyday life.
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Lawyer, founder and owner of the practice
More than thirty years as a lawyer, with offices in Munich, Frankfurt and Granada. Today he focuses on property and assets, from the Zugewinnausgleich (accrued gains) to the marital home.
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The process
From the Trennungsjahr (year of separation) to the decree in five steps. How long it takes depends mainly on how quickly the pension providers respond.
You live apart for a year, which is possible in the same home too. Maintenance, accounts and who stays in the home for now can be settled already.
We discuss what you want to achieve in the end and what worries you most. That shapes the strategy, at our office, by video or by phone.
We file the petition for you, as you cannot file it yourself. If you agree, one lawyer is enough for the entire proceedings.
The court obtains information from the pension providers, and that takes longest. During this time we settle maintenance, assets and the home.
You both attend the short hearing and confirm that you want the divorce. Once the decree is final, you are divorced.
What it costs
Court and lawyer fees follow statutory tables. We do not charge by the hour. How high the costs turn out depends on four things:
The next step
In the first consultation you describe your situation, and we tell you which deadlines are running and what it costs. At our office or by Zoom.
Quick questions
Send us a request online. We usually get back to you on the next working day and agree on a time with you.
No. The first consultation also works by Zoom, and you submit your documents online. We work for clients all over Germany.
If you have them, your marriage certificate, your latest pay stubs and your pension statement, plus any marital agreement. If something is missing, come anyway.
No, we may only ever represent one side, even if you agree. In an einvernehmliche Scheidung (uncontested divorce), however, the other side does not need a lawyer of their own.