Bear with me, I'm new, lol--
Anyway, I have a question regarding a family law attorney I retained for my dissolution of marriage : this is a contested divorce, however, it's a fairly simple one in that my ex and I share no assets or property, etc. and we agree on most things -(except child support amounts and custody of our 5 year old daughter) my ex does not even have his own attorney. My lawyer has served my ex the divorce petition, and filed that with the temporary proposed parenting plan as well as a summons andmy ex filed his response...and here is where it gets odd...my lawyer is M.I.A-meaning , he has gone no further: I retained his services almost TWO YEARS ago(!) I've called, left messages, written letters, to no avail; his paralegal gives me the complete runaround and I have not actually spoken to him for over a year now--I have no clue what's going on with my case, where he's gone, what's up and after all this time I'm still legally binded to my ex--I paid this attorney a retainer sum of $2,000.00 up front and I'm just about at my wits end wondering what's gone wrong. All the info. I look up regarding child support, etc. is almost always based upon there already being a court ordered judgment-Do I have to go ahead and do this all myself? This can't be a normal procedure ( Can it?!) If someone has any similar stories Please offer me some insight as to what, possibly, might be going on...thank you so much for your time.
Wa state
Anyway, I have a question regarding a family law attorney I retained for my dissolution of marriage : this is a contested divorce, however, it's a fairly simple one in that my ex and I share no assets or property, etc. and we agree on most things -(except child support amounts and custody of our 5 year old daughter) my ex does not even have his own attorney. My lawyer has served my ex the divorce petition, and filed that with the temporary proposed parenting plan as well as a summons andmy ex filed his response...and here is where it gets odd...my lawyer is M.I.A-meaning , he has gone no further: I retained his services almost TWO YEARS ago(!) I've called, left messages, written letters, to no avail; his paralegal gives me the complete runaround and I have not actually spoken to him for over a year now--I have no clue what's going on with my case, where he's gone, what's up and after all this time I'm still legally binded to my ex--I paid this attorney a retainer sum of $2,000.00 up front and I'm just about at my wits end wondering what's gone wrong. All the info. I look up regarding child support, etc. is almost always based upon there already being a court ordered judgment-Do I have to go ahead and do this all myself? This can't be a normal procedure ( Can it?!) If someone has any similar stories Please offer me some insight as to what, possibly, might be going on...thank you so much for your time.
Wa state