Services & Fees
Case Assessment Session
I provide an evaluation of your divorce or paternity case during an initial session, a Case Assessment Session. I do not provide free consultations.
Prior to the date of the Case Assessment Session you must complete and return an information package. This information package will allow me to be prepared for your individual situation even before we meet for the Case Assessment Session.
During the Case Assessment Session, I will evaluate your case given the current state of the law, and answer any questions you may have. The duration of the Session will depend on the facts and circumstances of your individual situation.
For information on the fee of a Case Assessment Session, please see the Fees section below.
For services and fees related to uncontested or contested divorce and paternity, please see the Fees section, below.
To schedule your Case Assessment Session please contact us at 305-710-9419 or email us requesting that we contact you to schedule your Session, and provide a telephone number.
FEES-Choose a Flat Fee or Hourly Fee:
Case Assessment Session - The fee for the Case Assessment Session is $250.00 payable at the time you schedule your Session or immediately before we beging the Session. If you retain me to represent you, the Case Assessment Session is deducted from the initial fee paid upon you engaging me as your attorney, resulting in a free Case Assessment Session.
I do not provide free consultations as I think they have a very limited use to the prospective client. It's been my experience that most persons looking for a free consultation mostly ask general questions regarding the law. This site has been designed to provide general information on basic legal principles pertaining to divorce and paternity which answers most routine question asked in a traditional free consultation.
With a Case Assessment Session, I can provide specific advice to your situation since you will provide me information about your problem even before we meet so that I can adequately prepare just for your situation.
Divorce
Uncontested- For parties who are in agreement on all issues related to their divorce, services are available at a set flat fee for limited representation of one party.
A limited representation includes preparation of all required and necessary Florida family forms, preparation of an agreement, scheduling of the final hearing and attending the final hearing. In uncontested cases with children, the fee includes preparation of the parenting plan negotiated by the parents. A Case Evaluation Session for uncontested divorces is included for the same fee but the fee for the Session must be paid in the event you do not engage me.
Contested Divorces (Litigation) – Contested divorces are those where the parties are not in agreement as to one or more issues related to their divorce. Fees for these divorces are offered on either a flat-fee or hourly-fee basis. If you are facing an uncontested divorce (or are unsure as to whether it will be uncontested) and decide to engage me to represent you , you will have the opportunity to choose from a flat fee or hourly fee basis for services to be rendered. See the Uncontested and Contested section in Divorce in Florida on this site for more information on the litigation of a divorce and the Litigiation section, below,for the types of cases for which litigation services are provided.
Paternity Cases
Whether you need to establish paternity of a child or need to modify a provision of an agreement or final judgment of paternity as to parental responsibility, time-sharing or child support, a Case Evaluation Session is offered on the same terms as for divorces generally. If you decide to engage me to represent you, you will also have the opportunity to decide on what fee basis-flat fee or hourly fee- you wish to engage me.
Litigation
As a Florida family law attorney, I litigate for and provide legal representation to individuals who need to:
get a divorce and protect their rights and define their obligations relative to their children, property, debt, and alimony;
See How We Work for information on my general approach to family cases. However, each case is different, and will require a particular case strategy, which may be revised depending on developments in the case.
Mediation Services:
In Florida's Family Court, any contested matter that will be tried must first be mediated. Mediation is a great tool for you, as a party in a contested matter, to try to settle yourr differences with the other party before you spend a lot of money and energy in participating in a full trial.
As a mediator, I do not represent any party. Instead, I am a neutral third party who helps you and the other party communicate better to solve the dispute by helping you to consider alternatives neither on of you may have considered. I mediate prior to you and the other party going into court, or after the case has been filed with the Court.
Of course, if I am retained to represent a party, I cannot later become a mediator in the same case.
To find out more about mediation, its benefits, and consider whether it can help you resolve your particular legal problem, please visit
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