Where do...I...go from here?

[tpaschal]

Hello, all. It's been a while since I posted. Think I'm depressed. KNOW I'm depressed.

Mrs. H---thanks for checking out my thread. Seems our H's are two of a kind, though yours probably still takes top honors for most JA'ed behavior. Mine's a very close runner up, though.

Well, L quit yesterday. L and paralegal have been telling me all along that L would wait to see if the judge ordered H to pay L's interim legal fees on May 21 court date (court date is to ask for appraisal of house, evaluation of business practice) and that if he got paid, he would stay on the case.

He lied. I think he finally figured out that there really is no big money to be made off of this case, and it's just too much bother for him. Especially since I'm keeping him from prosecuting the case as aggressively (read: expensively) as he wants. I had no problems with him being aggressive or firm or even nasty when the situation called for it, but he wants to hire a forensic accountant to the tune of 10-15K, a business evaluator for 10-15K, etc, etc. And who would get stuck with that bill, and with little or nothing to show for it? Me! And there's no way I can afford that.

So, now I have no lawyer, no money to hire a new lawyer, and a $10,000 bill for a lawyer who accomplished nothing and won't even finish up on the Temporary Orders, which are still not signed and in place.

I am low. Very, very low.

Anybody been in this sitch before? I have no idea what will happen with the judge on May 21. A final court date for the D was set for August 4. Will the judge give me more time to find a new lawyer and get everything in place? I'm so lost.