Guzman Tañedo & Acain - Frequently Asked Questions on Philippine Annulment Law

Primary Contact

316 Mile Long Building

Amorsolo Street

Legaspi Village

Makati City

1200 Philippines

Telephone: (632) 8941441

TeleFax: (632) 8124296

e-mail: gtalaw@gtalawphil.com

Office Hours

9:30AM to 5:30PM PH Time

Monday - Friday

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ANNULMENT 101: Philippine Annulment Law Made Easy

LESSON VIII: OUR FEE STRUCTURE

For Annulment cases our fee structure is based on a Flat Fee scheme. Inclusive of the Flat Fee are as follows: Our Professional Fee, Psychological and Clinical Evaluation fee including the Psychological Report, Court Filing Fees, and Sheriff’s Fees. Cost of publication, if required, is not included. You can choose to pay the flat fee outright upon signing the retainer agreement or negotiate for an easy payment terms with our Firm in paying the fees.

Appearance Fees. We normally charge our client an appearance fee every time we appear in Court. Higher appearance fees will be charged for cases outside Metro Manila. However, our appearance fee will be the same as the appearance fee that we normally charge in Metro Manila, though your case is outside Metro Manila, if we have correspondent lawyers in the place where the petition is filed. At present, we have correspondent lawyers practicing in the following areas:

Luzon:

San Fernando City, Pampanga – serving the areas of San Fernando City and neighboring Towns, and Angeles City.

Tarlac City – serving the areas of Tarlac City and neighboring towns, and the Province of Pangasinan.

Baguio City – serving the area of Baguio City.

Visayas:

Cebu City – serving the areas of Cebu City and neighboring Towns, Bohol - Tagbilaran City, and Ormoc City.

Mindanao:

Davao City – serving areas of Davao City and neighboring Towns and Cities.

Initial e-mail/chat/video chat consultations are free. These are expected to take just long enough for the lawyer to understand the problem, and explain the applicable fees, and provide an initial impression of the chances of success. Generally, we do not accept percentage fee arrangements.

On-site consultations - We charge a competitive fee for consultations conducted in our office. We also do phone consultations scheduled ahead of time.

Publication Fees. If there is a need to publish your petition in the newspaper, publication fees shall be for the account of the client..

Fees for transcript of stenographic notes. Fees for Court’s transcripts of stenographic notes shall be for the account of the client. But this fee is only minimal.

We issue monthly 'Billing Statements'. These show the history of the amount owing to us, including invoices, payments, and interest.

Reduced rates for indigent clients. If you are indigent and cannot afford our fees, at our discretion, we can accept your case on reduced rates. But we have to review the novelty of the issues involved in your case and your capacity to pay.

We are not, and do not wish to be in the business of providing credit. This is not intended to make a profit for us, but to encourage clients to find their credit elsewhere.

To retain us, please call or contact us now.