How Much Will a Divorce Cost?
It is very expensive to fight in the legal system, especially in Family Court, and really sad thing about it is that nobody wins in Family Court. Even if you do win the issue you are arguing about, it will have cost you in terms of money, emotion and, sometime, the relationship with your children.
Generally speaking, you will have some control over how much your legal proceeding costs you, but not all the control. For example, the opposing party can suck you into a fight you don’t want and can’t afford to fight. When that happens, you will have some decisions to make. You will either have to engage in the fight or give in on some or all of the issues. Only you will be able to decide how important each issue is to you.
You can help control the cost by being organized and responding to your attorney in a timely manner when your attorney asks you for information or asks you to accomplish some task. You also need to be aware that most attorneys bill according to the time spent on your file. Therefore, each telephone call, each e-mail and each letter is going to cost you money in addition to the time the attorney spends considering the legal strategies that will best serve your needs, drafting documents and attending court appearances or mediation.
Each case is unique, so there is no way any honest and ethical attorney can tell you what the entire case is going to cost. The best we can do is give your best “guesstimate” based on our experience with similar cases.
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