Savings
Our services pay for themselves, and then some.
Unbound’s programs are designed to save you money from day one. After working with Unbound, you’ll have the knowledge, the strategy, and the tools to minimize the cost of divorce.
Our Divorce Strategy Session could have saved Amy over $550 in just the first 30 days of her divorce.
Meet Amy.
Amy recently separated from her spouse. She hires an attorney that she was referred to from an acquaintance. The attorney charges $300 per hour, lower than many local attorneys. Let’s look at month 1 of her divorce:
Amy spends her first call with her attorney asking questions about the divorce process and what steps she needs to take first to gather important information. She also spends 20 minutes venting about her ex-spouse to give her attorney some background.
Cost: $300Amy collects her financial information, but isn’t sure how to complete the Financial Declaration form her attorney sent over, so she spends 50 minutes on the phone with him so he can walk her through the process and answer her questions.
Cost:$270Amy sends her attorney 45 documents, including screenshots of 19 text messages, that were requested in discovery. The documents are sent over as individual email attachments, and some of the file names are not clear. Her attorney’s paralegal spends 36 minutes sorting through and organizing them for her case file.
Cost: $90As things progress, Amy and her co-parent are unable to reach an agreement on the upcoming holiday schedule for their kids. They exchange a few heated text messages, which only escalates the situation and ends with a threat from her co-parent that he will take her to court if she won’t agree. Amy calls her attorney to explain the situation and to ask if he can help her resolve the issue. Her attorney reaches out to opposing counsel to address the matter, and after several back-and-forth exchanges, no agreement is reached. Amy acquiesces to her co-parent’s demands to avoid additional litigation.
Cost: $460The hidden costs that are already accumulating:
Excessive time and money spent asking for additional guidance and information due to insufficient direction provided at the start.
Communication patterns that escalate conflict, requiring additional attorney intervention, and potential to damage her case if presented at trial.
A mismatched attorney that is not versed in coercive control, leading to ineffective protection against abusive or controlling dynamics.
Time and energy spent trying to figure out how to move forward without clear direction or support.
See below for more ways Unbound could save Amy money on the financial and hidden costs of divorce.
Avoidable Legal Fees in 1st Month
$1,120
How Unbound could have saved her money:
In just one month, Amy’s legal fees have already exceeded $1,100 - had her attorney charged $500 per hour, that amount would skyrocket to $1650 in the first 30 days alone.
If Amy had joined Unbound’s Divorce Strategy Session, she would have been able to assess her attorney’s capacity to handle her case’s unique needs. She would have already known what steps she needed to take first. She would have understood how to efficiently and effectively communicate with her attorney, how to organize her information to minimize paralegal work, and how to complete common forms required during the divorce process. She also would have had the tools to keep her communications court-safe - not only to de-escalate situations, but also to ensure that they won’t become Exhibit A if her case goes to trial, which can damage her credibility with the judge and end up costing her much more than money.
Without the strategy provided by Unbound, Amy’s attorney fees will continue to compound month over month. With contested divorces lasting several months to years, the financial impact grows exponentially.
The savings from working with Unbound are real. Connect with us to learn how we can help you save money for a better divorce and brighter future.
Still unsure? Here are even more ways Unbound can save you money, every step of the way.
Attorney’s Fees
The average hourly rate for an attorney in Indiana is $242 (Clio 2023), but in Indianapolis, the average hourly rate for family law attorneys jumps to $300 to $350 per hour, and can increase to $400-$600 per hour for senior/experienced attorneys (Divorce.com 2026).
Most attorneys bill by the tenth of the hour, or for every 6 minutes of work. That means that every time you send a simple question to your attorney, you end up paying $25 to $60…or more. The reality is that during divorce, you’ll likely have a LOT of questions. That adds up. Fast.
Unbound’s Divorce Strategy Session gives you a solid foundation, answers critical questions up front, and provides you with referenceable information so that you can save your emails to your attorney for the things that truly require legal input. We also help you prepare for meetings with your attorney so that you show up organized, with clear priorities and focused questions to ensure your dollars are spent on the issues that matter most to your case.
Mediation
Mediation is a required step in most Indiana divorces. A full day mediation session can run upwards of $5,000 (Divorce.com 2026). The more you can agree upon ahead of time, or agree to quickly, the shorter (and less challenging) your mediation will be. After working with Unbound, you will walk into mediation with clear priorities, a comprehensive parenting plan that translates your priorities and concerns into a referenceable document, and a negotiation matrix to help you identify potential areas of agreement and creative options to help move you towards resolution.
Documentation, Preparation, & Trial
Every time that your attorney, or their paralegal, need to sort through your documentation, compile information for declarations or exhibits, or request additional information from you, that is billable work. With Unbound’s Documentation Framework, you will be able to provide critical information to your attorney in a clear, organized format, reducing billable hours. Our Documentation framework also makes it easy to convey information and communicate relevant patterns to your attorney, custody evaluators, or other professionals.
Hidden Cost: Damage Control
Emotions can run high during divorce, especially in contentious or high-conflict situations. By “keeping your side of the street clean” in your responses to your ex-spouse or coparent, you ensure that your text messages and emails don’t become Exhibit A in court. With Unbound’s Communication Framework, you’ll learn court-safe communication methods to help you keep your composure during even the stickiest of situations. Avoid the trap of common online advice to use “gray rock” communications, and understand when responses or explanations are necessary (and when they’re not).
Hidden Costs: Mismatched Attorney
Hiring an attorney that is ill-equipped for your particular case dynamics can be devastating for your case, especially when it involves coercive control, high-net worth assets, special needs children, or medically sensitive issues. This leads to additional expenses - from spending time explaining the severity of certain issues, to having to relitigate issues that were not effectively address initially. Despite online advice, hiring the “bulldog” or the “shark” attorney can actually damage your case or lead to increased expenses by exacerbating conflict unnecessarily. Finding the right attorney the first time is critical. Unbound’s Divorce Strategy Session helps you evaluate attorneys based on how well they can support your unique needs. For clients in Hamilton County, Indiana, Unbound provides local attorney recommendations, sourced from real women in your area, and based on the actual factors of your case.
Hidden Costs: Your Emotional Well-Being
When we talk about the cost of divorce, the focus is usually on the dollars and cents. But there is a real emotional and psychological cost as well. Unbound Coaching gives you the tools to help you build your confidence, establish healthy and protective boundaries, and navigate challenging situations with grace and intention. Unbound coaches are trained and certified by the Coercive Control Institute, and can help you move through challenging dynamics with your spouse or co-parent in a safe and healthy way.
The financial impact of divorce is real, but your wellbeing is arguably the most important thing you have to protect.
Let us help.