How do attorneys charge for attorney and paralegal work done in a family law case?
In family cases, attorneys and paralegals bill by the hour. Our office has a computer billing system which has a timing mechanism that keeps track of our time and automatically bills your account. Other offices may use paper slips or daily logs. Most offices charge for all time spent on your case, including telephone calls, conferences with clients, witnesses, experts and office staff; and attendance at court whether or not they are actually participating at the hearing, or waiting because the court schedule is delayed. 4. What other expenses can I expect? The most costly expenses you can expect are for expert fees and deposition costs, if you need an expert or we need to take someone’s deposition. Some experts we use are: private investigators, forensic psychologists to help the court determine what is in your child’s best interest, property appraisers to determine the value of real or personal property, actuaries to determine values of pensions or annuities, financial experts to dete
