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| A lawyer may represent a divorced mother in seeking child support arrearages if: (1) the children have or will soon reach the age of maturity; (2) the lawyer determines that the contingent fee agreement would not undermine the noncustodial parent's relationship with the child; (3) the prospective client is indigent and no other fee arrangement is practical; and (4) the fee agreement is fair. The Bar determined that in the facts of this hypothetical such a contingent fee agreement was appropriate. [Rule 1.5(d)(1) and Comment [3a] codify the circumstances in which lawyers may handle family law matters on a contingent fee basis.] |