Anonymous lawyer,
I am just nervous about going to court and representing myself. I have had lawyers already and like I said, my X keeps getting all of my court dates continued. It seems like it will never end. And when we do get part of a trial, there is always not enough court time to get everything resolved. So the court sets another court date 3 months away. I have been going to court for 2 years and 5 months now. The most important thing to me is custody and I still have not got to talk about custody to the judge in a trial. This next court date will probably not get everything resolved (finished) either, and they will probably set another court date for 3 more months. I just wish all of this court stuff was over. My X has done a whole lot of things to manipulate the court. I still have not been able to show the court all the horrible things that my X has done to me and my daughter. I have lots of proof of my X lieing. I would like to get a chance to show these things to the judge. There have been many court dates in the past where we have all of our witnesses there at the court house, lawyers and all of our paper work and ready to do a trial, just to hear that it got continued. 1 time it was because of a jury trial the day before our trial and it got hung over to our day. So there was not enough time for the judge to hear our trial. And so it got continued for 3 more months. All the other times, it has been mostly my X getting it continued. I don’t know HOW to get enough time in the court room to get EVERYTHING resolved-custody and property. The divorce was already suppose to be final, but my X filed for exceptions. So now, my divorce is not final. The court was going to let us get our divorce and do the property things on the next court date. But since my X filed for exceptions, everything, I guess, is on hold. The last meeting that his lawyer and I had with the judge in her office, my X’s lawyer tried to say that he did not think that we are going to have our trial (the one that is already scheduled for next month). I don’t know why he said that. And I tried calling the secretary of the judge to find out if we are really going to have our trial next month and if we are going to be able to talk about everything at this trial (custody and property). I left her several messages, and I have not got a call back from her about it. (It has snowed here, so I don’t know if that has anything to do with her not calling me back yet). I tried calling places for leagal advice. Could you PLEASE tell me what to do about getting my case heard by the judge and get it all over with? I do not want my X to get my trial continued. In the state of MD, the courts continue it for 3 months and then 3 months again, and 3 months again. I would like to have my court date. Please, do you have any suggestions that I can do? I already had a leagal aid lawyer. And I just had a lawyer that is not my lawyer anymore, because I owe too much money and she can not represent me anymore until I pay her firm (boss). Would you like to know how much I owe her? And we have not even got to have my full trial yet. I am very nervous to represent myself. I feel like I will cry in front of the judge, and I don’t want to do that. I want to be stong for my daughter. (Of course, she will not be in the court room. And she has her own lawyer) This is a difficult case, I know. Is there any advice that you or anyone can give me? Thank you very much in advance.
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