That is a minimum, and some cases involve hundreds of hours to prepare for and take to trial. There was a case in Hinds County in 1996 where the attorneys fees for at least one side were well into seven figures. The fees involved in a complicated case are not determined by the lawyer who is billing on an hourly basis. The fees are client-driven. The harder the parties want to fight and fuss, the more expensive the legal fees become.
Some people love to hate each other and fight each other and spend money on lawyers.
However, when it is all said and done, they look at the total fees involved and sometimes want to blame the attorney for the costs. If the husband and wife could set aside some of the hatred and try to resolve the issues short of going to court, the legal fees would be diminished accordingly. Judges who try divorce cases agree that the settlement agreement reached by the husband and wife is always better than the decision by the court. Busy family lawyers have no interest in prolonging a case, since these lawyers are going to be working all day every day anyway. The lawyers I know who practice in this area take great pride in working out a solution with the parties and bringing the matter to a conclusion short of a trial.