Archive for November, 2009
All Single parents have those days when everything seems to go wrong. They wonder how they can face all the obstacles just to survive on a day-to-day basis. Instead of waiting for the inevitable emergency, take some single parenting advice and learn to prepare the foundation so those days become fewer.
The Little Black Book
Dating singles have them. The single mother should have one, too, but no…More on Advantages Of Single Parenting
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I would like a Divorce, but don’t have the full 3k for the attorney I spoke with. I was then told by a friend to go to a paralegal that assists with divorces. Then I was told by another friend to go to a mediator which is a lot cheaper than a paralegal. Well the paralegal costs $300 to $400. Not sure how much the mediator costs. We have 1 small child and a house and have been married 6 years. Plus he will not easily give me a divorce. Not sure who to have help me. Thanks!
A mediator helps the two of you come to agreements on how you will split assests and visitation issues with your child..What ever you do decide to use,,make sure your child is going to have both Mom and Dad in its life..
please let me know if you are local, and also are there any payment plans available? do courts do that?!
To file it is $350.00
me and my wife are divorcing I hired a lawyer to represent me he charges by contract not by the hour I signed this contract however I fired him becouse me and my wife reached an agreement ”marital settlement” and are now going to a mediator. even though my lawyer never went to court he only met with me about 3 times at his office I gave him an initial check for 3,500.00 now he wants me to pay him the rest, 4,000,00 couse he charges 7,500.00 he said eather I pay him the rest or he will sue me for that, becouse it’s in the contract but the Divorce never went to court and he never did any paper work on the case exept the document he filled out to contest it bur I paid him 800.00 separate for the 20 minutes he spent doing that. I even ended up taking that document myself to court to have it filed. anybody out there with the knowledge to advice me on this scary matter? I don’t want to face this guy in court his a lawyer I am just a hard worker help!!!
Even through lawyers have client’s sign retainer agreements that are "fixed fee" the state bar code of ethics requires that attorney’s charge only "reasonable fees" for services rendered. That is to say.. that even though you may have a set/fixed fee agreement the fees must be reasonable. This should also be codified in you states Business and Professions Code.
You should demand a full accounting from your attorney for services rendered. Further you should contact the state bar and local bar association and file complaints for failure to return unearned attorney fees.
Demand that your attorney fees be returned by your ex-attorney and inform him/her that you intend to file a complaint with the state bar. (this demand should be made in writing – with you keeping a copy)
A friend of mine is married to an Iraqi woman in September 28, 2007 in Ankara Turkey and stayed together for 10days after marriage. He went back to US and the wife went back to Iraq. They don’t have children together and now they both decide to file a divorce because their marriage is irretrievably broken. They don’t have property together. They are considered divorce in Islamic way. But they need the Divorce that will be honored in US government. They both want to move on.
http://diylegalinfo.com/Divorce_Links.html/ has all kinds of legal information on divorces and how to handle a divorce without a lawyer yourself.