Usually, when a family-law attorney takes on a divorce case, it's with the expectation that at some time before or after the work on the case is completed, he or she will be paid for services rendered.
Did You Expect to Be Paid Too?
The option of seeking redress by asking the court to compel the client's spouse to pay is foreclosed, according to a recent decision by the Appellate Division, Second Department, in the case of <i>Frankel v. Frankel</i>, 2003 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 9279 (App. Div., 2d Dept. 9/8/03).
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