Here's the story; my ex who is also my sons mom got remarried not long ago. The guy she remarried has some issues in court that he has got to straighten out, so he went and hired my attorney to represent him. Is that a conflict of interest? I've used him for quite a while now, and he's very good. I really hope that I never have to go back to court with my ex, but you never know. If by chance we do though, I want to use this attorney, but I'm not sure if we have a conflict of interest or not. Can someone give me some info. on this.
2007-07-29 02:46:30 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Family & Relationships ➔ Marriage & Divorce
the attorney doesn't know, they did it in a backhanded way.
2007-07-29 17:03:40 · update #1
there is no conflict of interest when the man wjo married your wife hires an an attorney that represents you a well. because of attorney client privledge, that situation is protected. your possible scenario of; if you and your ex should go back to court and because you've maintained an attorney client relationship with him; when you need his representation he will represent you and there would not be any conflict of interest. any proceedings in court between you and your ex are just that not between you your ex and her new husband.
2007-07-29 03:01:51 · answer #1 · answered by justicejamie888 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well all I can tell you is that most attorney's will not take on a case that will have conflict of interest in them. He may have used him for something that had nothing to do with the divorce. He must know that you have a good attorney or else he would not have used him in the first place.
I myself have gone to court for stuff and had to find another attorney for certain things. Such as, my now ex husband had an attorney that I used while we were together but I had to get another one when we got a divorce. And the same thing goes with a judge as well. The judge and the attorney knows if it is going to be a conflict of interest or not and in most cases will not take the case if it is. They can't tell you why they took their case either or what it was about.
2007-07-29 10:36:49 · answer #2 · answered by SapphireB 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm going to say no, but like you said if you need to back into court, this just might have a different spin on it talk to your lawyer about this now and get his feed back, we can't predict the future.
2007-07-29 10:42:45 · answer #3 · answered by kim t 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋