The Madison County Bar Association conducted a lawyer fee survey for a variety of family law cases (divorce, child support, visitation, and custody). They got 31 responses received and from those responses they got the following numbers:
HOURLY RATES:
Median 180.00
Average 179.44
High/low 100/250
SUGGESTED FEE AWARDS IN DIVORCE CASES:
Provisional hearing
Median 600.00
Average 626.32
Contested final (no custody/complex property)
Median 1200.00
Average 1235.29
Contested final (custody or complex property)
Median 2500.00
Average 2734.38
Contested final (both custody and complex property)
Median 3500.00
Average 3921.88.
Post-judgment enforcement of support or visitation
Median 750.00
Average 648.68
Which does not mean that the fees in a particular case could not be higher or lower than set out here. I had a case last year where opposing counsel asked the court for my client to pay his fees of $5,000.00 in a custody case (the court refused). I would also point out - for those who get particular about their statistics - that 31 represents about one-third of the Madison County Bar. Still, I hope this proves educational.
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