Mike had hired Attorney Marshal Stern to represent him and in October he paid Stern $1400, two months before he and Linda fled the courthouse. But this bill was not for Mike it was for his father. In May DA Cox had found Mike's father in default on a bail bond he had on Mike three months after he was murdered. On 5-19-81, one of Stern's attorneys showed up in court to ask for a reduced bond because Mike was no longer alive. I was in court that morning and was surprised because we had had no contact with Stern's office. I stood up and asked the judge if I could hire my own attorney. The judge agreed. But yet Derald started getting bills from Stern's office for representing him in February and May.  The first bill Derald received was 5 months after Mike's death and the bills continued for months afterward.  Mike was not a minor, he was 24 years old, we were not responsible for his bills.