Q: I need a divorce attorney and have very limited funds, elderly on SS what are my options?
My wife and I have been separated for several years. She suddenly filed for divorce. I live on very limited amount of Social Security. I can't afford the full services of a divorce attorney. I do have a little money I have saved for a medical procedure. Can I hire an attorney to show me how to handle the response and divorce? I can do all the leg work I just don't know the procedures. If so how much should I expect it to cost and how do I go about finding such an attorney? I should get a nice property settlement that can also be assigned to pay for attorney. Or is there some way to get a pro-bono?
A:
There are pro bono legal aid clinics in North Texas, including North Texas Legal Aid.
If you expect a nice property settlement, there most likely are community assets that can be used to hire a reasonably experienced, competent family lawyer. The nature and extent of your property, and how detailed your conversations with your wife have been on areas of agreement (or disagreement) will dictate how complex your divorce will be and how much it is likely to cost.
Hiring an attorney to teach you what to do is almost certain to cost more than hiring an attorney to do it for you. And it is almost certain to give you a better result.
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