FLAT FEE PHASED DIVORCE

Would it helps you to know what you could spend in your divorce? Talk to us about a "flat fee phased divorce." This does not necessarily mean an inexpensive divorce; however, we can estimate and give you a firm quote for each stage of your divorce.

The first phase ordinarily consists of preparing pleadings and attending a hearing to obtain temporary orders. Other phases might include discovery, mediation, and final trial. A flat fee phased divorce might not be any less expensive than an hourly fee divorce but it will allow you to predict more accurately what each phase of your case could cost.

Even in a flat fee phased divorce, there could be things come up that will be charged on an hourly basis if they are outside of one of the listed phases. For example, there could be an unexpected enforcement hearing due to one side or the other violating a court order. Things such as this are impossible to predict.

You should not use a flat fee phased divorce without talking to your attorney about the total cost of the case under different scenarios. You should also probably not begin one phase of your divorce if you cannot afford the remaining phases.