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?
2 Answers from Attorneys
How old were you when the case was commenced, what kind of case was it, and why did you not fight the lawsuit against you for the bill? If you can answer these questions, I can give you an answer.
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