confusedndazed
Junior Member
Hello! This might get a little wordy but I want to be clear about my question.
I was divorced about 2 years ago, in CT and I've been dealing with falling out from a bad agreement ever since. I hired an attorney at the time but have since switched counsel. During a review of my case with my new attorney, it was determined that my previous attorney had filed multiple contempt motions for different (valid) reasons, however, she never showed up in court. On top of this, she also advised me against voicing my ex husband's adultery which had ultimately led to our divorce. The reason why was irreconcilable differences but she never used that piece of information, which I had concrete proof of, in any way. In my review with my new attorney, I don't believe that she was representing my best interest but I've only ever been to court for this matter so I'm not in a position to decide. I do know that my ex husband's lawyer pulled a lot of strings to change things in our case and although I have no hard evidence of that, it's crossed my mind that I wasn't my attorneys priority. Does her practice, in regard to the contempt hearings and the withholding of information that was critical to the situation, sound like common practice or is it possible my attorney wasn't acting in my interest based on this information? I understand that this is only a forum and there are 3 sides to every story but I'm posting with hopes to get an unbiased point of view. I'm not looking to sue her but if I'm correct in my assumptions, I'd like to know if I have any recourse that can clean up the bad deal I ended up paying over $10k for. Thank you.
I was divorced about 2 years ago, in CT and I've been dealing with falling out from a bad agreement ever since. I hired an attorney at the time but have since switched counsel. During a review of my case with my new attorney, it was determined that my previous attorney had filed multiple contempt motions for different (valid) reasons, however, she never showed up in court. On top of this, she also advised me against voicing my ex husband's adultery which had ultimately led to our divorce. The reason why was irreconcilable differences but she never used that piece of information, which I had concrete proof of, in any way. In my review with my new attorney, I don't believe that she was representing my best interest but I've only ever been to court for this matter so I'm not in a position to decide. I do know that my ex husband's lawyer pulled a lot of strings to change things in our case and although I have no hard evidence of that, it's crossed my mind that I wasn't my attorneys priority. Does her practice, in regard to the contempt hearings and the withholding of information that was critical to the situation, sound like common practice or is it possible my attorney wasn't acting in my interest based on this information? I understand that this is only a forum and there are 3 sides to every story but I'm posting with hopes to get an unbiased point of view. I'm not looking to sue her but if I'm correct in my assumptions, I'd like to know if I have any recourse that can clean up the bad deal I ended up paying over $10k for. Thank you.