Attorneys are bound by the Michigan Rules of Professional Conduct (MRPC).  MRPC 1.7 discusses the rule regarding a conflict of interest.  In reality, may a lawyer be able to represent a couple who comes to the office already in agreement as to all of the issues of a divorce, possibly. This occurs in very limited circumstances. Nevertheless, if the agreement of the parties begins to unravel, the attorney should remove herself/himself from representing either party any further.   By virtue of meeting with the couple the attorney may have inevitably gained information about one spouse which may be directly adverse to the position of the other spouse.  An attorney who has retained knowledge should therefore not represent either spouse if the parties’ prior agreement begins to unravel.

On the other hand, one party can form an attorney-client relationship with an attorney whereby that attorney, though acting on behalf of that client, does indeed help the parties effectuate an amicable divorce.  This allows the couple to meet with the attorney together to express their wishes in this joint collaboration.  An attorney can draft all legal documents according to the wishes of the couple.   An attorney–client relationship is formed with one only one spouse, yet the parties have an agreed upon dissolution of their marriage.