“Be strong enough to stand alone, smart enough to know when you need help, and brave enough to ask for it.”
– Ziad K. Abdelnour
Whether you are managing your family law issues on your own because you want to or because you can’t afford to hire a lawyer on a full retainer, you still need help. Going it alone is scary and unless you know the law, it puts you at a disadvantage. Even family law lawyers who go through a separation get help from other family law lawyers. The kind of help you need is different from the next person.
Getting the help of a lawyer on an limited scope basis gives you the assistance you need for a specific task (for example: preparing your financial statement) or a specific event (for example: representing you at your first case conference). The lawyer takes on that specific task or event which relieves you of the anxiety of doing it yourself.
Getting the help of a lawyer on a legal coaching basis gives you assistance when and how you need it. You can get help at any point in the process – from helping you to articulate your goals to how to run your own trial. When you don’t need any help, you carry on smoothly on your own. But you know you have a legal coach available to turn to when you do need support.
Help in the form of affordable legal services is available.
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