Understanding Divorce Mediation Fees in Staten Island
Video Transcript
Mediation fees in Staten Island are typically shared between both spouses and billed hourly, which is usually far less than the cost of a contested Richmond County Supreme Court case. Ask upfront how sessions and document preparation are billed.
Ray Hrdlicka – Host – Attorneys.Media
You’ve mentioned a couple of costs of that. Is it just based upon hours and that’s how it, it’s not based upon any sliding scale with the assets, it’s just based upon your hourly rate, is that correct?
Bill Leininger – Divorce Mediation Attorney – Staten Island, New York
It’s unethical in all 50 states in America for a divorce attorney to have a percentage basis based upon the assets. We would all have loved that if that was permissible. We’d have million-dollar mansions but it’s unethical and so, no, that’s never affected.
It’s basically the time of the mediator, the price that the real estate appraiser charges, the price that the pension actuary charges for the report of the cop’s pension, for example. It’s just that there’s no percentage of the asset.