| Divorce in most cases will involve both the spouses, | | | | attorney fee on your behalf because he or she is the |
| whether it is a contested or uncontested divorce. But | | | | earning member, still you need to exercise |
| under most divorce related laws, in case you are the | | | | judiciousness and care in incurring the costs. The |
| sole earner in the family, the onus of paying the entire | | | | judges will usually take your approach to the divorce |
| divorce costs will fall upon you. In a Tucson Divorce | | | | case and your integrity while incurring the legal costs |
| case, one can seek the assistance of a divorce | | | | into account while deciding who should bear the costs |
| counselor to get an idea of the fee implication on you | | | | of divorce and by how much. |
| or your spouse. | | | | One must also be aware that most of the times, |
| The basic principle that operates behind the payment | | | | every court will take the legal fee into consideration |
| of fees is that the earning member in the marriage is | | | | while taking a decision on the division of properties and |
| responsible for bearing all the monetary expenses of | | | | assets. The spouse paying the entire legal fee from his |
| the household. The other spouse has no financial | | | | or her pocket will be compensated in terms of |
| capability to pay for any such costs. | | | | property division by the court. Therefore, it is not an |
| The second consideration while dividing the costs of | | | | unfair way of the courts to burden only one of the |
| divorce between the two spouses will be the division | | | | spouses with the entire divorce costs if only one of |
| of properties and debts of the marriage. In case both | | | | the spouses has a personal income. |
| spouses are equally wealthy with sufficient financial | | | | Apart from the monetary cost implications in a divorce |
| assets for each, the attorney fee may be split | | | | case, one must also be fully aware of the expenditure |
| between the two as a joint cost of divorce. But in a | | | | in terms of your personal time and effort that goes |
| case where the other spouse has no personal income | | | | into fighting a divorce case. You will be required to |
| or assets, the entire legal fees even of the other | | | | prepare a number of documents, forms and other |
| spouse including the attorney hired by that spouse, will | | | | legal formalities related to the case. It may become |
| be the responsibility of the earning spouse. | | | | difficult for you to complete all the work in your spare |
| In a Tucson Divorce case, the allocation of legal costs | | | | time from work. Especially the court visits and dates |
| of divorce will also be influenced by the fact that which | | | | may clash with your other important assignments at |
| of the two parties engaged in unnecessary legal | | | | work or home. So your normal life can certainly get |
| pursuits that were a wasteful expenditure, unworthy to | | | | disrupted to some extent, and you should be prepared |
| the case or entirely selfish. Therefore, even if you | | | | for it. |
| know that ultimately your spouse will have to bear the | | | | |