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I have my first court date in only a few days time, I have a Solicitor the hearing is estimated for 15 minutes, this is costing me £250, I really can not afford it but I have had to pay. The solicitor tells me that there will be another hearing when all the information from relevant bodies should be available, but would be very expensive, I mean very expensive, I just can not afford to fight my wife who has legal aid. Could I drop the Solicitor after this first hearing, and just go to court myself , would the court staff themselves help me to do what I need , I just do not know what to do. I just can only see my wife being difficult and things going on and on. I have not seen my wife or son for nearly a month now, she has not contacted me, and she does not want me to try and contact her, even though I could try providing I am not offensive, but I have decided not to, so I can cause no problems. Her statement goes from bad to beyond unbelievable, with intent to even kidnap and even worse things, she has even signed the statement, I can not believe this, because it is not true. I am afraid the judge will not allow me to see my son, as my wife has requested in her statement she wants me to have no contact, I have got to fight for my son, she says I teach him bad things and worse, this is not true, friends, school, social services, and children's centres have seen observed and reported him as being polite and a good child, that is all I have ever done is try and be nice to him and teach him good things, I do not understand why she says this. I feel sick and confused, I have even been to the doctors on several occasions . Any advise as to what will happen at the first hearing date, what to expect in the future, I can only see my future with a solicitor as a downward spiral into debt, well, thank you for anyone who does read my letter I really appreciate your time, again thank you.
Hi There,
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You are able to drop your solicitor, you can then represent yourself through the court proccess you then have the option of keeping the solicitor for advice if you want which will work out cheaper as you just call on them when needed.
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There is a lot of advice in our legal section at the top about how to represent yourself through court so take a look.
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The other option would be to look for a McKenzie friend who will attend court with you, they aren't able to speak on your behalf but can advise you throughout and this works out as a cheaper option. Hopefully a couple of the members here will be able to advise you where to look for one as there are some bad ones that over charge and don't actually offer too much help, so keep checking back.
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We are also able to offer support and guidence through out.
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