CALIFORNIA FAMILY LAW
...Attorney Fees
......Between Attorney and Client
.........Liens: Charging and Retaining
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Attorney charging liens.

Attorney must obtain client's consent in writing before securing payment of hourly legal fees/costs with charging lien against client's future recovery.

An attorney's lien on the prospective recovery of a client must be enforced in a separate action.

Attorney cannot impress charging lien on funds owed client by ex-H as they were payments of ex-H's c/s obligation; client's assignment to County for AFDC reimbursement proper.

Charging liens recognized between attorney and client.

When a settlement draft is made out jointly to the attorney and client and deposited in the client trust account, the attorney may withhold an amount equivalent to the attorney’s lien.