Family-law cases in Slovakia run under zákon č. 36/2005 Z. z. o rodine and the Civilný mimosporový poriadok. Because family matters are non-monetary by nature, the lawyer-fee side does not use the § 10 ods. 1 value scale — it uses the § 11 ods. 1 písm. a) indeterminate-value rate: per act, 1/13 of the výpočtový základSlovakia's annual “calculation base” (§ 1 Vyhl. 655/2004) — a yearly scalar derived from the average wage that fixes the per-act tariff amounts.Glossary → (the annual scalar set by § 1 ods. 3 of the vyhláška, equal to the average monthly wage in the Slovak economy for the first half of the preceding calendar year — €1 586 for 2026, refreshed each January with no amendment to the tariff). On the state-fee side, the divorce petition carries a flat fee under Položka 7 sazobníka; most other non-monetary family matters affecting minors or capacity are exempt under § 4 zákona č. 71/1992 Zb. (starostlivosť súdu o maloletých, osvojenie, spôsobilosť na právne úkony).
Divorce & non-monetary family matters (1/13)
The court-ordered dissolution of a marriage under § 22–28 zákona o rodine — and, by the same § 11 ods. 1 písm. a) per-act rate, every other non-monetary family proceeding the calculator does not bucket separately: úprava výkonu rodičovských práv a povinností, určenie/zmena výživného, určenie/zapretie rodičovstva, osvojenie, pestúnska starostlivosť, opatrovníctvo, spôsobilosť na právne úkony. The court will join exercise of parental rights, the child’s residence and the alimony obligation into the divorce judgment when minor children are involved (§ 24 zákona o rodine) — those decisions ride the same § 11 ods. 1 písm. a) rate per act, they are not separately tariffed.
You file it in the okresný súd of the spouses’ last common residence in Slovakia (§ 92 CMP). The procedure runs as konanie o rozvod manželstva — the court must satisfy itself that the marriage is hlboko a trvalo rozvrátené (deeply and permanently broken down) before granting the decree; when minors are involved the welfare-of-the-child enquiry adds one or two pojednávania to the timeline.
A typical contested divorce involves 3–5 úkonov právnej služby (the § 13a ods. 1 acts: prevzatie a príprava zastúpenia, písomné podanie vo veci samej, účasť na pojednávaní, optionally further consultations and the odvolanie). At 1/13 × €1 586 ≈ €122 per act, the indicative lawyer fee for the underlying tariff scale lands at roughly €365–€610 across the procedural backbone of the case — before the § 15 režijný paušál, § 17 lost-time, the § 13 ods. 2 multi-party multiplier, and 23 % DPH that the adapter layers on top.
Lawyer fee — § 11 ods. 1 písm. a). Per act, 1/13 of the výpočtový základ — for 2026: €1 586 ÷ 13 ≈ €122,00 per act. The calculator returns the exact per-act figure for the active year. State court fee — Položka 7 sazobníka. Flat €100 for the divorce petition. Half is refundable if the petition is withdrawn after the first hearing (not modelled in v1). Non-divorce family matters involving minors, capacity, or adoption are exempt under § 4 zákona č. 71/1992 Zb. — the calculator returns zero court fee with the exempting article cited.
All lawyer-side amounts are reference valuesA tariff figure that is advisory, not mandatory — a guide to what a fee customarily is, which the lawyer and client remain free to depart from. Every number Tarifo shows is a reference value.Glossary →, not binding floorsA tariff floor a court could once not go below. Several EU jurisdictions abandoned binding minimums after CJEU rulings; where that has happened, the same figures now serve only as reference values.Glossary →. The Slovak advokátska tarifa (vyhl. 655/2004 Z. z.) is the default fee when no fee agreement exists (zmluvná odmena, § 24 zák. 586/2003 Z. z.), and the baseline a court uses to award náhrada trov konania — it does not bind a private lawyer–client agreement. Amounts are net of 23 % DPH (§ 18 ods. 3). The § 11 ods. 1 písm. a) 1/13 rate uses the annual výpočtový základ (€1 586 for 2026, refreshed each January). State court fees under zák. 71/1992 Zb. are statutory and VAT-exempt. The encoded text is consolidated to 1 January 2024, after novela 391/2023 Z. z. See the methodology page for the full encoding rules.