Are you in the midst of a trust dispute in West Palm Beach probate court? Do you know how much this is going to cost you? You may have the right to have trust funds or even the trustee personally cover the costs of litigation. If you want to learn more about how to get attorney’s fees in West Palm Beach check out this recent case from the Third District Court of Appeals. Do you know how the court is going to value their attorney’s work and whether or not you can afford it?
Attorney’s Fees
- Attorney’s fees are only one of the many costs associated with a probate or trust dispute.
- Attorney’s fees are usually on recoverable if there is a statute or contract that allows you to collect them.
- This is not the rule with other costs of litigation.
- For example did you know that the costs of discovery could be recovered if you file within thirty days?
- You will have to have relied on the depositions in trial.
- But what about those attorney’s fees?
- You will have to file for costs quickly though possibly within thirty days.
- Did you know that if the other side wins a judgment with attorney’s fees you could appeal?
- Check out this case out of the Third District Court of Appeals.
Feinzig P.A. v. Deehl & Carlson P.A.
- This was an appeal from the Circuit Court for Miami-Dade County.
- Three law firms were embroiled in appeals concerning judgments for attorney’s fees.
- After an oral contract two lawyers agreed to help out another lawyer on a case and ended up doing over three thousand hours of work.
- The court was left to value this.
- If your opponent has filed for fees in West Palm Beach probate court the court and various experts may be left to determine how much those fees are worth.
- Are you prepared to make a case as to why the expert’s opinions are inflated?
- Experienced Palm Beach probate litigators know that sometimes self serving experts can propose inflated fees that are not based on the facts but that you can appeal.
Want to learn more about appealing a judgment for attorney’s fees in West Palm Beach?
Check out the entire case by clicking here.