Traditionally in a divorce case, each party is responsible for securing the services of their lawyer and the spouses cannot share an attorney. This means that each party involved in the divorce proceedings will be responsible for hiring and paying their attorneys according to the agreement they made with their attorneys. However, in some cases, it is up to the judge’s discretion who must pay the legal fees for the other partner. There are several factors that the judge will consider when determining how the legal fees will be paid for each of the parties in the divorce proceedings. For example, if there is a large discrepancy between the financial situations of each party or if one of the parties is entirely incapable of paying for their legal fees. This party may be awarded legal fees from their former partner. All these decisions are made on a case-by-case basis and are heavily dependent on the factors mentioned above.