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What Can I Do to Keep Costs Down?
(provided by Eric C. Nelson, Esq.)
1. Don't make your attorney justify every single decision. We're happy to do it, but it takes time, and time costs you money. The point is not for you to acquire a law school education. The point is to represent your interests with excellence and efficiency. If you can't take your lawyer's word for something, it's time to get a new lawyer.
2. In divorces, there is inevitably a process of "discovery," where each party requests information and documents from the other party. Sometimes this is informal and limited. Other times it is formal, comprehensive, and terribly time-consuming. In most cases, however, it is much cheaper for you to just get the information and documents, than to pay your lawyer to argue with the other side about it. Also, don't trickle it in piecemeal to your attorney if at all possible. Get it all together into one package, as complete and as organized as possible.
3. Be prompt. Courts are slow. Many attorneys, sadly, are chronic procrastinators. Custody evaluators and Guardian ad Litems are slow. If you're slow too, it compounds the problem. Furthermore, the quicker you can be in responding to whatever your attorney asks of you, the more likely it is that you'll be able to settle your case sooner and at less expense. By acting quickly, attorneys are able to take charge of a divorce process, rather than being driven by court deadlines and various hearings and other requirements which might be avoided just by staying ahead of the game.
Information provided by:
Eric C. Nelson, Esq. located at
http://www.divorcesource.com/MN/DS/nelson.html
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