Book Description
From Independent Publisher Divorce is ugly enough, but then you pay through the nose for the legal process if you hire an attorney; or worse, pay through the nose if your divorcing spouse hires an attorney and you don't. Here comes M. Sue Talia to take you right through the horns of the dilemma: limited legal services. While not for everyone, if circumstances warrant, the concept of retaining counsel for specific portions of one's divorce can be an excellent alternative to the problems of over-lawyering or of having no legal counsel at all. Talia cuts right to the chase: she sets out the unhappy status of current divorce practice. The combination of overcrowded courts, high fees for attorneys, and too many clients attempting to represent themselves, who just plain don't know what they're doing, results in a lot of needless expense and excess frustration. Then she addresses the problem with guidelines for analysis of your particular case; suggestions on how to find a lawyer willing to provide limited services; and an analysis of what services one is likely to need-and not need. And finally, she proposes sets of checklists, tasks and guidelines to be used in selecting and managing a divorce case and a divorce attorney. The chapter on "How to Screw up Your Case in Five Easy Lessons" is alone worth the price of the book. For those contemplating divorce, or early in the divorce process, this book can save thousands of dollars and lots of frustration.
