Legal Opinion
People in Matter of KMK
Colorado Court of Appeals
Decided June 29, 1989No. 88CA1125PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
METZGER, Judge.
In this proceeding concerning a designated adoption, Joan S. Brett, counsel for K.M.K. and L.H.K., appeals the trial court judgment reducing her attorney fees. We affirm.
K.M.K. and L.H.K. hired appellant to assist in an agency-to-agency designated adoption. The fee arrangement provided that she would be paid $140 per hour for her time and $60 per hour for paralegal time. Since appellant had no experience with designated adoptions, she consulted with an attorney familiar with those proceedings to obtain an estimate of the probable total charge. Based upon this information, she…
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