Harlan & Voss
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Practice areas and fees

Every matter we take on, what the first meeting costs and how long it runs. Prices in writing before anything begins.
Fee schedule
01

Family law consultation

A first meeting about divorce, separation, parenting time or support. No charge and no obligation, and you leave with a written estimate for whichever route you choose.
No charge
45 min meeting
02

Estate planning consultation

Wills, trusts and powers of attorney. We map what you have, who it should go to and what it costs to put in place. No charge.
No charge
45 min meeting
03

Will and advance directives

Flat fee. A will, medical and financial powers of attorney and an advance directive — drafted, reviewed with you and signed with witnesses at our office.
$850
1 hr 30 min meeting
04

Revocable living trust

Flat fee for an individual trust. Includes funding instructions and deed preparation for one Colorado property.
$2,400
2 hr meeting
05

Uncontested divorce

Flat fee where both parties agree. Covers the petition, the separation agreement, the parenting plan and the final orders hearing.
$2,900
1 hr meeting
06

Probate administration

Billed hourly at this rate against a written estimate. Denver County filings, creditor notice and the final accounting.
$350
1 hr meeting
Reference
The money

How our fees work

Three ways of charging, and you will always be told which one applies to your matter before any work starts. Which of them fits yours is a five-minute conversation, not a line on a price list — which is why the figures are on the practice-areas page rather than in front of you here.

Flat fee

Most planning work — a will, a trust, an uncontested filing — is quoted as one figure for the whole job. You know the number before you agree to anything, and it does not move because a matter took us longer than we expected.

Hourly

Anything whose length genuinely depends on the other side is billed by the hour against a written estimate. We tell you the rate, the estimate and the assumptions behind it, and we tell you again as soon as any of them stops being true.

Retainer

For ongoing matters we hold a sum on account and bill against it, with a statement each month showing what was done, by whom and for how long. Anything unused is yours and comes back.
Estimates are written, itemised and given to you before you instruct us. Where a fee has to change we tell you why, in advance, and you decide whether to carry on.
Your first meeting

What a first consultation covers

45 min · no charge
No preparation required beyond turning up with whatever paperwork you already have.
A

You tell us what happened

Uninterrupted, in your own order. Bring dates, documents and the questions you have been turning over — there is no such thing as a detail that is too small to mention.
B

We tell you where you stand

In plain language, including the parts you may not want to hear. If the law is unhelpful to you we will say so at the first meeting rather than the fifth.
C

We set out the options

Usually there are three or four, and they differ in cost, time and how much of your life they take up. We will tell you which one we would choose and why.
D

You get the figure in writing

Before you commit to anything, you leave with a written estimate of what the route you have chosen will cost. If you decide not to instruct us, that is a perfectly normal outcome of a first meeting.

Which of these is mine?

Describe the situation in two or three sentences and we will tell you which way it falls, what it is likely to cost and whether you need us at all.
What to put in it

Four lines is plenty

You do not need to marshal the whole story to send a first message. What lets us tell you quickly whether we are the right people is small:
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What has happened, in your own order.
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When it happened, and whether anything has a deadline on it.
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Who else is involved — the other side, an insurer, a court.
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What you would like the outcome to be.
If there is a hearing, a deadline or a police matter inside the next few days, telephone instead. The diary moves faster than the inbox.

Or book the first meeting outright

Choose the matter and a time that works. We will confirm by telephone.

Family law consultation
45 min · $0
Request
Estate planning consultation
45 min · $0
Request
Will and advance directives
90 min · $850
Request
Revocable living trust
120 min · $2,400
Request
Uncontested divorce
60 min · $2,900
Request
Probate administration
60 min · $350
Request

Not sure which of these you need?

Describe the situation in a sentence or two and we will tell you which way it falls.

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