Your lawyer may be looking for more billable hours to submit to his firm's accountant. L's get a lot of pressure to bill hours, especially now. My sister is an attorney and tells me that a lot of Ls are losing their jobs because people aren't spending nearly as much on their services these days. I really think that was one of the big contributors to the push toward D in my situation: XH's L pushed him forward in order to bill more hours after the economy tanked.........then H/XH complained bitterly about how much he was spending on a L even though we negotiated all of the terms between ourselves. In our case the Ls only made sure the correct language was in place.
Your L works for you. You call the shots.
Sanderika, I'm very sorry to read about your situation. I have read many, many of your threads. You have shared your wisdom generously with all of us here and for that we are very grateful. Sending you positive thoughts.
