You can have the best lawyer or the worst lawyer it doesnt matter. One of the biggest impacts in family law are the litigants. Case in point, my partner. He and his ex wife had great lawyers. His ex didnt want to take her lawyers advice and screwed herself. My partner had a barracuda and he wanted to be "reasonable". In the end she tells people he "stole everything" and hes dealing with the consequences of trying to play fair. On the other hand I have a friend who is divorced and she and her ex are not each others biggest fans. She has tried to be reasonable and put the kids first. They work together quite well when it comes to the kids because they both love their kids. Outside of that, he is an ass and she ignores him.
It would be interesting to see if self reps being forced to pay are doing so because of their behaviour or actual legal losses. And also what percentage of the legal losses are because of their attitude or refusal to adhere to the rules of the court. Look at it this way, some litigants could have great lawyers giving them the best advice but if they choose to not follow that advice and end up paying via contempt, custody loss, additional court fees etc, its the same as a self rep losing. The self rep just saves the massive legal bills.
You cant always blame the lawyer!
It would be interesting to see if self reps being forced to pay are doing so because of their behaviour or actual legal losses. And also what percentage of the legal losses are because of their attitude or refusal to adhere to the rules of the court. Look at it this way, some litigants could have great lawyers giving them the best advice but if they choose to not follow that advice and end up paying via contempt, custody loss, additional court fees etc, its the same as a self rep losing. The self rep just saves the massive legal bills.
You cant always blame the lawyer!
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