Clear Parting Docs vs LegalZoom for a New Jersey divorce
LegalZoom is a national legal-services brand whose divorce offering sits alongside business formation, wills and more. How it compares with a New Jersey-only divorce packet product.
What LegalZoom is
LegalZoom is the best-known online legal brand in the country. Divorce is one product among many — LLCs, trademarks, wills — and it can connect customers to attorneys through its network. Its scale is real; divorce is not its specialty.
- National brand with a broad legal-services catalogue
- Divorce document preparation offered alongside attorney access, per its site
- Large company with published reviews across all products
Side by side
| LegalZoom | Clear Parting Docs | |
|---|---|---|
| Where it works | National | New Jersey only — every document is a New Jersey document |
| Price structure | Per their site; divorce is one product in a catalogue | $299, or $399 with children, once per couple, no renewal |
| Official NJ forms | Per their New Jersey offering | Drafted pleadings plus the official NJ Judiciary forms (CN 10486, CN 10889, CN 12620, CN 13146) filled from your answers |
| Two spouses | Per their product | Two accounts, one case: each spouse signs only their own documents, and one-per-litigant forms are kept per person |
| Legal advice | Attorney network available | None. Software that records your decisions; a named New Jersey firm you can engage directly for any piece that needs judgment |
| After you file | Per their product | Deadline clock from your real filing dates, the 35-day window, judgment tracking, the after-divorce checklist |
| See it first | Per their site | Complete sample packet published as real PDFs before you pay anything |
Choose LegalZoom when
- You already use LegalZoom for other things and want one account
- You want a household-name brand behind the paperwork
- You are outside New Jersey
Choose Clear Parting Docs when
- You want a product that does one thing — New Jersey uncontested divorce — and does all of it
- You want both spouses on one case, each signing their own documents
- You want the official NJ Judiciary forms filled and the county specifics handled
- You want to see the full packet before paying
The honest verdict
LegalZoom is a fine place to form an LLC. A New Jersey divorce is a narrow, specific thing, and a narrow, specific product is usually the better tool for it.
Facts about LegalZoom are drawn from its own public materials as of September 2026, are structural rather than promotional, and may have changed — verify on its site. Clear Parting Docs is not a law firm and gives no legal advice; this page is a product comparison, not a recommendation about your case.
See ours before deciding
The complete finished packet is published as real PDFs — no account, no payment.
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