In my case my H's dirtball of an attny tried to play hardball but he didn't do a very good job. He has a horrible reputation of being a snake. When things didn't go his way he would ask for a judge change. My attny and I consented once and after we got a new judge and my H and his attny got backed in a corner again they asked for another judge change. The judge said no way.
My attny actually had to do very little because the judge was FED UP with my H and his attny. Every time we went to court it was *something*. My H's attny didn't show up, he was late, forgot to bring the Agreement and my H's own attny actually threw him under the bus several times, lol!
I can only speak from my experience but judges tend to get fed up with the constant BS. I would assume even if you and your H settle out of court (no trial) some sort of court official or judge will have to sign off on the Agreement. Judges see right through BS and from the two judges our case went through they don't take kindly to having their time wasted.
