STRETCHING YOUR FL FAMILY LAW RETAINER TIP #2

BRAWER ,HIRSCH AND ASSOCATIES, P.A.

STRETCHING YOUR RETAINER ADVICE


Brawer, Hirsch and Associates P.A .are the attorneys who care.
We are here to be part of your solution. These Tips are to insure that we and the other family lawyers you choose to hire do not become part of your problem. Please read it carefully. Some of the material is common sense. Some of it comes directly from the Florida Self Help forms. All of it is designed to help you avoid having our office or your
FL family lawyers spend time doing work you could be doing yourself.

First, when our clients hire us to represent and stand beside them when they appear at the mediation or trial they expect to have beside them the best possible representation and have the benefit of our four decades of our family law experience. That is exactly what we want to provide for them. It is who we are and what we do.

YOUR RESPONSIDBILITY Florida law requires that all litigants in family law matters provide mandatory disclosures which include financial affidavits and financial documents.
TIPS #2 We recommend that you always provide your attorney with an amended current financial affidavit and you should keep your financial affidavit current as your situation changes. (Simply copy one of the self help financial affidavit forms and use it as many times as necessary). First of all, what your attorney does not know can only hurt you. Chances are you will be asked for this later and rather than having a motion filed to require you to do this which means paying your attorney to read the motion, research the law concerning the motion, updating the file with the motion, calendaring the motion, preparing to argue the motion, driving to the courthouse, waiting patiently for the case to be called, arguing the case, preparing an order for review by the opposing counsel and presenting the same to the court for signature and filing. All of this costs money.
Guess who will likely pay for it. That would be you.
Even if your attorney is never called to surrender the new financial affidavit, having the knowledge will save the wasted time spent preparing you for testimony about the former financial information. It also eliminates redrafting the Child Support Guidelines unnecessarily. Save time and money by keeping your financial affidavit up to date.