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.
When a California divorce involved child custody and support issues, the average cost was $21,800, including $17,000 in attorneyâs fees. Compare these numbers to divorces without children in California, where the average cost dropped to $12,800, including $9,000 in attorneyâs fees.