My lawyer is on maternity leave for the next 3 months. She has a substitute who an handle things. But I'm wondering if I should ask her to put things in a holding pattern now till she's back so I can focus on the 'personal' and tell W that things are on bold because by L is away. Any thoughts??
I wouldn't tell W that things are going on hold, I would more likeky ask her what her opinion would be to things going on hold, etc, etc (you fill in the blanks). This does a couple of things, it validates W by asking for her input, and it shows that you are handling a difficult situation with compassion. If W wants to plough on regardless then she should have no quarms about the final outcome.