After my consulting with a divorceattorney, how long would they or their law firm be prevented from representing my spouse?

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After my consulting with a divorceattorney, how long would they or their law firm be prevented from representing my spouse?

Looking for the best lawyer for me but would also like to prevent my wife from hiring one of the better divorce lawyers in my town.

Asked on October 15, 2010 under Family Law, Florida

Answers:

SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney

Answered 13 years ago | Contributor

If it's just an initial consultation, to discuss the matter with an attorney and see if they would be interested in representing you or you interested in representing them, there's a good chance the lawyer would not be barred at all from representing your spouse. The only way you could count on a bar would be if you actually retained them and established an attorney-client relationship, for at least some length of time. Obviously, that has some costs involved; and if it later becomes obvious to your spouse and/or whomever ends up representing her that you did so just to try to preclude her from being represented by a given attorney, it's not impossible that could be brought up as evidence of bad faith in the divorce proceedings, which, even if it did not have a direct effect, would scarcely make you look good to the court. You should simply hire a good lawyer for yourself and not worry about barring your spouse from any particular lawyer--besides, there are so many good attorneys out there, your spouse will someone good if she wants.


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