Advisory Opinion: 1527

Year Issued: 1993

RPC(s): RPC 1.15

Subject: Withdrawal; authority to sign court order on former client's behalf

[The lawyer withdrew from representing a client after a hearing but before presentation of the order. The judge asked the lawyer to sign the proposed order.] The Committee was of the unanimous opinion that since you withdrew as the father's counsel you had no authority to sign the order.

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