Stafford Township, NJ Divorce Law Firms & Lawyers

Lawyers bill on an hourly basis. Our knowledge and expertise is conveyed by time spent. My computer program allows me to bill on 1/10 of an hour basis. This means that from 0-6 minutes, it will be billed at 1/10th of an hour. If I read a lot of emails at the same time, I will exercise my own judgment and compile the charge as "Review of emails" and charge for one period of time. I see a lot of lawyers billing on 1/4 of an hour basis. In other words, they would bill you for 15 minutes and not for 1/10th of an hour. His manner of billing is within the practice of what I see. If you have a good relationship with your lawyer, simply ask him if he would consider giving you a discount. Most lawyers appreciate clients that pay on time and will work discounts on their bills. I know I do.

You can make it part of the consent order for the withdrawal to be that the other documents stay in place.  you want to with draw, or have the complaint dismissed without out prejudice, which would allow you to file again.  As part of the Order allowing that to happen, both parties should agree to keep all of those documents as binding for use in the final complaint.

it depends on the terms of your divorce, and the terms of the alimony.  If the alimony was based on your living expenses, and your expenses are reduced no because of your live in partner, then it might affect alimony but your ex would have to go back to court to have that modified.