A woman from Pemberton B.C. may lose her home to the lawyer she hired to help save it.
Dale Fotsch was sued by her ex-husband, who was trying to acquire a percentage of her property. The case dragged on for nine years (three weeks of which were in court), but Ms. Fotsch eventually won her case, and the B.C. Court of Appeal ordered her ex-husband to pay her court costs, which amounted to ~ $90,000. Unfortunately, her ex-husband declared bankruptcy and her lawyer is taking legal action to foreclose her home so he can collect his fee.
I hope things turn out positively for Dale Fotsch, but this should be a precaution for the rest of us: the story doesn’t exactly fill me with faith in our legal system.
For more information: CBC News
There is also an Indiegogo campaign set up for Dale Fotsch for anyone that wants to help her out (at http://igg.me/p/289261/x/1851988)
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