Legal Question in Family Law in Louisiana
domestic abuse
Do I have any legal recourse against an attorney that was hire to represent me in a domestic abuse case. During a divorce case my ex wife claimed I made a threating call to her on 2-28. this was brought to domestic abuse court. A trial was schueled for 4-12 and on 4-11 my attorney filed a motion to compel because opposing counsel had not forwardedto her a copy of the tape. We appeared in court on 4-12 and my attorney asked for a continunce. she sent two letters to opposing counsel asking for a copy of the tape and finally recieved it on 5-19. Trial was schueled for 6-5. We went to trial without listening to the tape or having prepared a transcript. The reason she continued was because according to her she could no properly represent without listening to the tape however we went to trial on 6-5 without listening to the tape.The judge ruled there was no abuse. I was charged for 21 hours to prepare for trial. What are my options for this frivoulas billing when to prepare for trial she did not have the tapes in June for trial she continued in april .
1 Answer from Attorneys
Re: domestic abuse
Contact the bar association. I have never really heard of someone being angry when they WON the case. 21 hours does not seem out of line, especially considering the problems you would have had had the court ruled against you.
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