$2,000 Flat Fee for an Agreed Divorce

Terms & Conditions

1.   The discounted $2,000 fee is for uncontested and undisputed divorces only.  If at any point your divorce matter becomes contested, meaning that there is a dispute as to the disposition of children, property, assets or liabilities, the discounted fee is no longer available.  If your matter becomes contested, you will be required to deposit an additional $3,000 retainer in order for us to continue in our representation of you.  In such case, the firm will then represent you on an hourly basis, and charge our standard fee of $250 per hour.  The $2,000 is not applied toward the $3,000 retainer, nor is it refundable.

2.   The $2,000 fee is absolutely non-refundable.  The $2,000 fee is not a retainer, or a deposit from which we will deduct our fees.  Instead, it is a one-time charge for our preparation of all the requisite documents, pleadings, and forms, and to appear in court for you one time on the day your divorce becomes final.  Most all of the work we perform involves the preparation of documents, and is done almost immediately upon our representation of you.  Thus, if at any point you or your spouse change your mind about your divorce, or it becomes disputed, or if any circumstance arises which interrupts the divorce process, you still will not get the $2,000 back.  This also means that if at any time irreconcilable differences arise between you and our firm, and we withdraw, you will not get a refund of your $2,000.

3.    Our legal representation is of one spouse only.  There is no way under Illinois law for an attorney to represent both sides of a divorce.  Instead, an attorney is hired by only one of the two parties.  In an Agreed Divorce, this is the same rule.  Our firm will represent only one spouse, and the other will be required to execute a form acknowledging that our firm does not represent him or her.  That does not mean that we cannot discuss the terms of the divorce with both parties, or sit down together to discuss what are the agreements between the two.

4.    Our legal representation ends when the divorce becomes final.  The $2,000 flat fee includes our work up to the time your divorce becomes final.  After that point, we do not represent you any longer.  Thus, if problems arise down the road where one of you wants to modify or enforce the agreements, you will need to retain us or alternate counsel for that additional legal work.

5.     You and your spouse must perform your duties and obligations.  As stated above, you and your spouse have responsibilities to complete certain paperwork and perhaps take a required parenting class.  It is your responsibility to do these things and whatever else is required to complete your divorce.  If you or your spouse do not cooperate in your duties and obligations, we cannot complete our legal services and may have to terminate our representation of you.  If this is the case, you will not get a refund.