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Show Attorney fees set by Davis County Comrpission pays a fixed and nominal amount. He mentioned professional services v other than legal, such as morticians, v who are expected to contribute a certain amount in time and experts. V By LYNN BURTON FARMINGTON - Davis County ' has been accustomed to paying attorneys, at-torneys, who are appointed by the cpurt, to represent indigent juveniles juv-eniles a fee of $30 per hour. Customary, but not set in stone, nor : even set by commission action until now -...; . '-": Davis County Commissioners unanimously passed a resolution, presented by Jerry Hess, that spells it ouu The county will only pay fees which are "reasonably incurred in connection with the assisting of the zr.. indigent juvenile," at the rate of SSO per hour." ' ; : Submitting the resolution was apparently prompted by a bill from , an attorney handling such a case -and asking for $80 per hour. Passing Pass-ing the resolution will allow Mr. Hess to ensure that the information -. gets to the courts, so that when Juvenile Juv-enile Court appoints an attorney, ' . - everyone involved will have a clear : understanding of the fees. ' w Com. Stevenson pointed out that ;.' when services are needed for in- - digents in the county, the county r |