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    Default 3 Year Old Bill

    My question relates to legal practice in the state of: Indiana

    My divorce was final in 2/2008. I requested my final bill from my attorney several times (by phone and fax) and never received one.
    I wanted to take my ex husband back to court and would like to hire a new attorney so I requested a withdrawl from my old attorney. All of a sudden I receive a bill for $9000. They did not send me any invoices or statements in between.
    I had the money to pay him when we settled, but since then have put it all into buying a house.
    My new attorney says that in order to dispute this I will have to pay her retainer of $4000 to hire her.
    I'm not even factoring taking my ex back to court now because I don't want to be out $13,000+. Do I dispute the $9000 or do I just have to pay?

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    Default Re: 3 Year Old Bill

    You appear to be stating that the amount being billed appears accurate, but that as you didn't receive the bill promptly after the divorce you spent the money that you had allocated to pay your bill.

    They may be willing to negotiate a lower payoff or a payment plan.

    When you say, "My new attorney says that in order to dispute this", what is "this"? Clearly it wouldn't make sense to pay your new lawyer $4,000 to dispute a $9,000 bill that, from what you've told us so far, is probably accurate.

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