If you think of an electric eel as a battery, you can get an idea of how the eel creates electricity. Electric eels have three organs which store electricity. Two of these organs can produce enough electricity to kill most of the eel's prey: about 500 Volts.
In California, the average hourly fee charged by divorce lawyers was $300 per hour, 27% higher than the national average. Our readers reported wide fluctuation in their divorce lawyersâ hourly rates -- some were charged as little as $150 an hour, while others shelled out over $500 an hour.
You could get a simple, non-contested divorce for just a couple of hundred dollars compared to over a million dollars that some high-profile divorces have cost. The average cost for a divorce ranges from $10,000 to $30,000 with the median cost of approximately $20,000. A lot of different factors go into determining the typical costs of using a divorce lawyer. You should always get a clear understanding of a lawyer's fee schedule before deciding to hire them.