Supreme Court of Iowa January 22, 1997, 94-1410 (Rogers v. Webb)

HARRIS, Justice.

It is clearly unethical for an attorney to undertake a contingent fee arrangement in a domestic relations case. Any contract providing for one is void as against public policy. The question here is whether a similar fee arrangement involving a layperson is also void.

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We think the trial court was clearly correct in deciding it is.