Throughout a divorce, one will acquire numerous court documents and legal papers to retain for your records. You will usually get a copy of all paperwork that is filed either by your attorney or the attorney of your spouse. Divorce papers can be as thick as 30 pages and as brief as just one page. Depending upon the type of document that is filed, it will also cost to file the paper with the court house. You can purchase copies of blank divorce papers from several different sources such as stores, internet and so on. You can download software on the internet that will let you make your own paper work. You can even buy books that will teach you step by step how to write the divorce papers that you need. Purchasing the divorce papers for do-it-yourself divorces can be expensive and depending upon the paperwork, can cost upwards of a few hundred dollars. However, you must file divorce papers with the courthouse so that they can be ruled upon by a judge and that your divorce can be considered legal in the government's eyes.