Legal Question in Credit and Debt Law in Illinois

Attorney's fees

My divorce lawyer charged me $10K in fees back in 2001. I have always made monthly payments $50-$100. A couple years ago I had payed it down to around $2K-$3K. He then demanded all the rest at once which I didn't have. I kept making monthly payments. He then added a bunch of interest onto it that he had been withholding. Now it's $4.4K. I keep making monthly payments ($50) and he accepts that and charges me $45 in interest every month. Now he's fed up with it and wants all of it. He has summoned me to court to ask the court to force me to pay all the rest at once. What is wrong with me paying ''interest only'' until I have enough saved to pay it all off and am I obligated to pay it all off at once? I have heard people say that if you send them at least ''something'' every month (which I always do, and they happily accept it) that there's nothing they can do. It that true?


Asked on 8/13/08, 9:46 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Lesley Hoenig Lesley A. Hoenig, Attorney at Law

Re: Attorney's fees

Does your divorce attorney already have a judgment against you? If you don't have the entire amount to pay, there isn't much your attorney can do. He cannot get money you don't have. But if you have a job, he can garnish your wages which may or may not be more than you are currently paying, depending how much you make. But he has to have a judgment against you before he can garnish your wages.

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Answered on 8/14/08, 12:04 am


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