The Right Lawyer for Your Divorce

From our point of view, there is no ideal time to find your lawyer , but you should probably prioritize communication with your future ex before starting any official procedure.

If the dialogue is totally broken between you and your husband or wife, first try to calm the exchanges and broach difficult subjects. Calling on a family mediator or a therapist would surely be beneficial for many couples before going to law firms.

In our support, we have found that once a couple is followed for the emotional aspects of the breakup, the material and logistical elements of the separation are much less subject to conflict and settling of scores.

The more you prepare for the multiple aspects of your separation, the less you will need to negotiate between the lawyers who will represent you. Whatever type of divorce you choose or undergo, each of you will have to be advised by your own lawyer and the latter will work in the interest of his client, in your interest therefore.

Quickly, the lawyers will discuss your file and they will bring you the elements under discussion as these exchanges progress. Consequently, it is perfectly logical that a file in which there are few subjects of dissension between the spouses should be managed much more quickly and at less cost than a litigious divorce where disagreements multiply.

For some, it will be simple and the agreements will be quickly found and then formalized by the lawyers, generally in an amicable divorce agreement, registered before a notary (divorce procedure by mutual consent without a judge ).

For others, it will take more time, sometimes long and tedious negotiations, family mediation may be considered, recourse to a notarial study in order to move forward on the heritage elements of the discord, therapeutic follow-up to appease the context general and promote communication … so many levers of reconciliation likely to help the couple not to get bogged down in their divorce proceedings.

If you think you have done everything possible to find a happy medium and that despite mutual efforts, the situation is stagnating, it is indeed high time to find a good lawyer capable of defending your interests.

The cost of a lawyer in the context of a divorce

Some believe that the successive divorce reforms have pushed law firms to drag out and sometimes even create conflict in the procedures. According to them, it is not in the interest of the lawyers that the divorce goes quickly and smoothly, the longer it takes and the more points of contention there are, the higher will be the overall bill for their fees.

We do not share this opinion. Even if there are undoubtedly practitioners who abuse their influence to encourage their clients not to accept the negotiation and to stick to their positions, the vast majority of lawyers will be keen to support you in the amicable settlement .

No doubt you are concerned about the question of the price, we all fear that our wallet will empty out in fees when the word “divorce” is pronounced. It’s legitimate, but not realistic.

Let us already remember that in matters of divorce, it is not necessarily the lawyer’s fees that will weigh the heaviest… if you have joint assets, it is surely the notary’s fees , mainly taxes, which will weigh down the final score (and by a lot!).

Let’s go back to the price of a divorce lawyer, you will not have failed to see prices displayed on our friend Google, extolling the merits of a quick and inexpensive divorce, for barely a few hundred euros . Having dealt with this subject in a number of articles, we are not going to start over here but in summary, it is not impossible if everything, absolutely everything, is clear, clear, recorded by a notary if necessary for the heritage aspects , with complete files, agreed agreements, it has to be a freeway, a straight line…

Only, and you know it perfectly well, getting a divorce is not an easy task, it involves tons of changes, paperwork, negotiations with each other, it’s downright planets that he aligns and if you have founded a family together, the questions surrounding the custody of your couple’s child(ren) bring up other problems.

One of the objectives of our site is to make it easier for you to prepare for your separation . The idea is to allow you to address all the decisions you need to make while at the same time compiling a complete file in order to optimize your support by the professionals when the time comes.

Once you are ready to find your lawyer, three remuneration methods are available to you to negotiate with the firms;

Divorce attorney prices, flat fee

From the outset, you set a global cost, fixed with the lawyer who offers you his services. In this case, the price agreed between you and the chosen firm is supposed to cover all the interventions on your file. If there are supplements, they will have to be submitted to you for approval but in principle, the fee agreement that you will sign with the lawyer will be your final invoice, once you are officially divorced.

In general, in matters of divorce, the main procedure on which the block fee is possible is the procedure of divorce by contractual mutual consent. In this case, the file should not be time-consuming for the lawyer and it is likely that he will offer you a rate for the entire follow-up.