What are normal lawyer fees for sucession process

Hi, we are a young couple struggling to find an honest lawyer in Puerto Plata who will help us with a succession process. The one we have contacted are asking us for USD 10.000 or more! we are young and we don't have that amount of money! Is there anyone who can give us advice??? We'll appreciated it a lot!

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tmnyc said:

In latin countries a process for the passing of property or legal rights after death. Like probate in the US. Some countries have an order of precedence i.e. wife, sons, etc...

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Yes in the US i think its called the inheritance process, in this case my bf is getting a "solar" from a family member that died. I have lawyers and notaries in my family and i asked them about the cost of that in my country and its nothing like what they are charging us ( $10,000 USD PLUS) in the DR. Help!

Hi everyone! Just wanted to do an update and give out some advice to people, specially foreigners. After being in contact with some people in sosua my bf got a friend to recommend us a Dominican lawyer that charged us $3,000 USD. This is a fair price i suppose, because we had previous lawyers charge us incredible prices.
I will not mention any names but we consulted with 3 lawyers in sosua that asked from $8,000 USD to $17,000 USD for handling our process. We were in a state of shock when we were told the rates!!

Most of these well known lawyers are just seeking who to rip off. They have different rates for locals and foreign (and it can be understandable) but, come on, the difference should be a couple dollars not thousands!!

In such a needy society the ones on the top are sleazy creeps trying to rip off foreigners to get rich instead of being examples of honesty, so that their community can advance.
Just plain sad and disappointing.

Hope this helps!!!!

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