re: Divorce attorneys can she do this?

If it was an agreed settlement, then there is no way a judge would approve it without her signature. Obviously it would be pretty hard to prove that she didn't know if her signature was on the agreed order. Furthermore, I have never seen an agreed order that did not have each parties initials on each page followed by a full signature, date, and notary on the last page. Again, a judge is not going to accept it without this. It's common practice.

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As far as contingencies goes, criminal cases and divorce cases are the only two instances an attorney is barred from taking on a contingency basis (according to the ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct; states are free to make their own, but most go with the ABA). In short, her attorney could not take the case on a contingency fee basis unless FL is different than the ABA.