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What is a Family Law Retainer Agreement?

Q. What is a Family Law Retainer Agreement?

A. A Retainer Agreement is a written contract between you and your divorce lawyer. The California Bar requires that any agreement for services where fees are to be charged in excess of $1,000 must be memorialized by a written Agreement, and the Client must receive a copy. It describes what types of services the attorney agrees to perform, office practices, billing rates and practices, and how any fee disputes will be resolved between you.

For the agreement to be enforceable by the attorney, it must state whether or not they maintain legal malpractice insurance.

Categories: Attorney Fees, Attorney Malpractice, Attorneys, Hiring an Attorney

Posted By Thurman Arnold on April 08, 2010 07:29 am | Permalink

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What happens when an attorney changes his fees and makes them retroactive 3 months without telling you? Also, if he demands (not in the contract) you and the other attorney send my entire temporary support to him (my attorney) to pay his fees and he will send me whatever is left over.

Posted By: Janis | March 26, 2011 03:17 pm

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