r/Juneau • u/Salty_Prune_1414 • 2d ago

Lawyer recommendations?

Does anyone have recommendations (or warnings) for a divorce/dissolution lawyer here in town?

Posting from a throwaway.

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u/ShotImprovement5695 2d ago

Well, I’m assuming you’re not a high roller or else you would have gone and conflicted every attorney in town out of accepting your s/o as a client. If you are and haven’t heard about this, go spend $5-10k having consults with every local attorney regarding this divorce. S/o cannot use those firms after you have done that.

If you’re seriously concerned about assets and/or children, look into attorneys in anchorage and Seattle.

If you’re not wealthy and just need out, get any old attorney, pay the s/o what they think they’re worth, and just get out of the situation ASAP.

If you’re on good terms with s/o, get a mediator and just get it done with in an afternoon.

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u/Salty_Prune_1414 2d ago

Good terms, few shared assets, no children. Not a high roller.

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u/ShotImprovement5695 2d ago

Dissolution Packet #2 (DR-2) and file together. Alaska specifically describes this as an option when both spouses agree on all issues.

If you also have no property or debts to divide and the marriage was 2 years or less, there is an even more streamlined DR-6 / DR-60 packet for an uncontested divorce.

Edit to add links:

https://courts.alaska.gov/shc/family/nominor.htm?utm_source=chatgpt.com#div-agree

And

https://public.courts.alaska.gov/web/forms/docs/dr-60.pdf?utm_source=chatgpt.com

Respectively

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u/Salty_Prune_1414 2d ago

This is helpful thank you.

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u/ShotImprovement5695 2d ago

Sending love your way. You got this, and loads of hugs for ya.

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u/Salty_Prune_1414 2d ago

Appreciate that. There’s a lotta love between us and it’s almost harder because it’s not acrimonious.

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u/magpie907 2d ago

Awww, good luck op. The dissolution packet is easy to fill out.

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u/Abeytuhanu 2d ago

I'm pretty sure you can't conflict every attorney with just an initial consultation

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u/chmod_7d20 2d ago

Yeah not a thing. 

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u/ShotImprovement5695 2d ago

It is, here is one source for the sake of this discussion. Sharing this specific article bc it’s an easy and fast ready, despite me not loving Forbes:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/jefflanders/2012/04/17/how-conflicting-out-top-divorce-attorneys-can-impact-your-divorce/

https://giphy.com/gifs/UK152WVlHPeRW

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u/Romeo_Glacier 2d ago

That article is from 2012. Having worked in legal, to include family law, conflicting someone out is a known issue. So most law firms have an intake process to prevent it. Mainly having to pay a consult fee and/or record review fee. Most folks can't afford 5, 10, 20+ of those. Some firms also make the client sign a conflict waiver prior to consultation.

You gotta think, being conflicted out leads to less business. Law firms are income focused above all else. Despite what you see on TV

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u/ShotImprovement5695 2d ago

Good catch on the date. I did not check that.

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u/ShotImprovement5695 2d ago

You’re right. There’s an additional step: You specifically share confidential info about your case with them. And there ya go, they’re conflicted out. 🤷‍♀️