• Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar

Bardol Law Firm

Family Law, Simplified

free consultation

314.918.0100

  • About
  • Attorneys
    • Stephen J. Bardol
    • Ann Vatterott Bruntrager
  • Practice Areas
    • Divorce
      • 50 Divorce Tips
      • Divorce in Missouri
      • High Net Worth Divorce
      • Mediation
      • Name Change
    • Family Law
      • Child Custody
        • Guardianship
        • Family Access
      • Child Support
      • Spousal Support
      • Modifications
      • Legal Separation
      • Family Law in Missouri
        • Family Law Tips
      • Paternity
      • Grandparent Rights
    • Prenuptial Agreements
    • Adoption
      • Agency Adoptions
      • Private Adoptions
      • Stepparent Adoptions
      • Interstate Adoptions
      • Grandparent Adoptions
      • International Adoptions
    • Orders of Protection
      • Full Order of Protection
      • Ex Parte Order of Protection
      • Adult Order of Protection
      • Child Order of Protection
      • Foreign Order of Protection
      • Modifying of Order of Protection
      • Renewal of Order of Protection
  • Resources
    • FAQs
    • Our Blog
    • Missouri Divorce Law
    • Child Support Calculator
    • Forms & Checklists
    • Family Law Links
    • Family Law Glossary
    • Circuit Courts Contact Information
    • Domestic Violence Corner
  • Start Here
  • Testimonials
  • Contact Us

Is Hiring a Divorce Lawyer Worth the Money?

Home FAQs Is Hiring a Divorce Lawyer Worth the Money?

By GNGF on October 26th, 2022 in

Cost? It’s the first question that every attorney gets asked when they receive a call from a potential client. Clients want to know if they can afford the attorney, if hiring a divorce lawyer will improve things, and if they could be doing this on their own without spending the money. These are all reasonable questions to be asking and depending on whom you ask, you will get a variety of answers.

To be blunt, without a divorce attorney, mistakes will likely be made. In many cases though, clients do not realize what they are leaving on the table. As they say, you don’t know what you don’t know. We always give our clients a very realistic example of a very typical lawyer vs. non-lawyer case. In a case without a lawyer, parties typically agree to a child support number or fill out Form 14 themselves to determine a number. When someone unfamiliar with Form 14 fills it out, they generally will miss some of the nuances which drastically change the number.

Now on to the interesting part…if you hire a divorce lawyer and they properly fill a Form 14 that mistakes have been made on, they could easily change the support number by a few hundred dollars a month. Let’s do the math. If the child support amount changes by $200.00 a month for a child that is 1 year old, you could potentially save $2,400.00 a year. Over the life of the child until emancipation, that means you would save or earn an extra $48,000.00. Compare that to the $1,500.00 retainer your local St. Louis divorce lawyer is asking to sign up. We make hiring a divorce lawyer easy.

If you are in need of hiring a divorce lawyer, consider contacting Bardol Law today. Our consultations are free, and we’ll talk through the details of your case.

Primary Sidebar

Contact Us

  • Hidden
  • This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.

Bardol Law Firm

34 North Gore Ave., Suite 203
St. Louis, MO 63119
(314) 918-0100

Copyright © 2023 Bardol Law Firm, LLC
Disclaimer Privacy Policy

  • About
  • Attorneys
    ▼
    • Stephen J. Bardol
    • Ann Vatterott Bruntrager
  • Practice Areas
    ▼
    • Divorce
      ▼
      • 50 Divorce Tips
      • Divorce in Missouri
      • High Net Worth Divorce
      • Mediation
      • Name Change
    • Family Law
      ▼
      • Child Custody
        ▼
        • Guardianship
        • Family Access
      • Child Support
      • Spousal Support
      • Modifications
      • Legal Separation
      • Family Law in Missouri
        ▼
        • Family Law Tips
      • Paternity
      • Grandparent Rights
    • Prenuptial Agreements
    • Adoption
      ▼
      • Agency Adoptions
      • Private Adoptions
      • Stepparent Adoptions
      • Interstate Adoptions
      • Grandparent Adoptions
      • International Adoptions
    • Orders of Protection
      ▼
      • Full Order of Protection
      • Ex Parte Order of Protection
      • Adult Order of Protection
      • Child Order of Protection
      • Foreign Order of Protection
      • Modifying of Order of Protection
      • Renewal of Order of Protection
  • Resources
    ▼
    • FAQs
    • Our Blog
    • Missouri Divorce Law
    • Child Support Calculator
    • Forms & Checklists
    • Family Law Links
    • Family Law Glossary
    • Circuit Courts Contact Information
    • Domestic Violence Corner
  • Start Here
  • Testimonials
  • Contact Us