Legal Question in Credit and Debt Law in Florida

My father signed a fee agreement with an attorney as my Power of Attorney. Only issue is that my father was not my Power of Attorney. The attorney did not request a copy of a POA document or ask me if my father was in fact my POA. I was under the impression that he had been paid a flat fee by my father for the case. then at the conclusion of the case he sends me the bill which I do not have the funds to pay. I feel like he should have requested a copy of a POA or at least asked me if my father was POA before accepting my fathers signature as my POA (which again he is not and has never been) authorizing a fee that was never even discussed with me. The attorney has now filed a judgment against me for over 6k. My question is, aren't attorneys responsible for confirming a POA when they allow someone to sign as someone else's POA ? How can he now bill me when I did not authorize the fee or even know an agreement was signed?
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I was 25 when the case occured. I am a competent adult. The attorney met me several times and we had open communication. He never asked me if my dad was my POA and never discussed the fee with me.
The judgement was just filed for and the court date for hearing is in March. The case was a child custody case. Also, the judge ordered my ex husband to pay part of the fees but the attorney is still coming after me for the fees my ex was court ordered to pay.

Asked on 1/19/10, 12:44 pm

Lucreita Becude Lucreita D. Becude, P.A.

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Go to the hearing, tell the judge exactly what you have stated here and let the judge decide if you owe.

Answered on 1/25/10, 6:29 am

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