LEO: Contingent Fee - Domestic Relations  LE Op. 568

 

Contingent Fee - Domestic Relations.

 

June 18, 1984

 

In the absence of special circumstances, it is improper for an attorney

to represent a divorced spouse's claim against her husband's military

retirement pay on a contingent fee basis. [ EC:2-22; LE Op 189]

 

Committee Opinion June 18, 1984

 

CROSS REFERENCES

 

See also LE Op. 1062, and LE Op. 1298.