My daughter was asked to immediately put $2,500 in her lawyer's trust so they could respond to a request from the opposing council.
Since we didn't immediately have the $2,500, we had to ask the lawyer's office to remove themselves from the case (temporally). So, they were taken off the court record.
Now opposing council has a court date set for "Petition Status for Attorney".
Questions:
1. Can my daughter go to the 'petition' court date, without a lawyer, and explain to the judge that she will be reinstating her lawyer prior to the divorce case?
2. Should we pay the lawyer "now", prior to this petition court date? (we don't want to do this because opposing council will continue to artificially run up our bill until we're totally broke and can't pay for the actual divorce trial)
I should add, this divorce has been going on for 19 months and so far her lawyer has been paid and spent $23,000. For the actual trial, he wants another $10,000
She's a school teacher.
2007-09-21 07:22:00 · 4 answers · asked by gpurv 4 in Family & Relationships ➔ Marriage & Divorce
I WOULD go to the judge and ask to speak to him / her, they do have secretaries so you can give a heads up there, yes go and talk,....... this lawyer of yours is taking you for a ride money wise. Going through a divorce too, it's been in the court system for two years, so far for me $30,000 and I hope the end is near, this covered all costs that have accrued.pre trial, phone calls ,trails, you name it it has covered everthing, you are being had here. Find another lawyer.
2007-09-21 07:52:24 · answer #1 · answered by kim t 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Need more information. But, you should show it to a local lawyer. Most will answer one question without charge.
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2007-09-25 19:25:13 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Call the court...they are there to answer questions on these matters.
2007-09-21 14:32:31 · answer #3 · answered by that judi 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2007-09-28 14:49:02 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋