Phillip M. Tribble

Phillip Tribble

The agreed upon work was completed for the client and his wife, sent to them as agreed upon, he paid for that completed requested work as agreed upon. He did not send back the signed documents, as requested and agreed upon, after multiple attempts to reach. Eventually he responded stating that he and his wife did not sign and return as they had gotten divorced, making the documents no longer applicable. He now wanted me to prepare documents solely for him based upon his divorced status, which I agreed to do and quoted the fee. He declined to proceed , wanting me to use the previous documents and just adjust them for his divorce, and do this for free. I declined to do that, he declined to proceed, not wanting to pay for that and our client-attorney relationship legally no longer existed. As he states, he went to another attorney who he then paid to do what I would have also done had he not refused to pay me. I am happy he ultimately got the documents he was seeking and that his Estate Plan is covered.