Hidden monthly fees. Many online divorce websites, including all of those who claim that $139, $149, $159 or $169 are their total fees, also charge monthly fees. Those monthly fees are usually $35-$40. On the top pages of their sites, they claim that $139 is a ‘complete fee’ or a ‘one-time payment.’ But they disclose the monthly fees in their Terms of Use where they know you won’t look. So you will pay $139 + (6 months X $40) = $379, NOT $139. They hit your credit card every month until you cancel. And they slow your case down on purpose so that you will pay the monthly fees for even longer than 6 months. It is very clear from reading the Better Business Bureau complaints of these frauds that they purposefully leave one critical document out of every batch. That means the court can sit on your case for 3-16 weeks (depending on the county) and then reject your submission because of the missing doc. The result is that your credit card gets hit an extra few times.