Legal Question in Family Law in Florida

Re: custody/visitation

I wholeheartedly agree with Mr. Rose.

Attorneys who do pro bono work in legal aid clinics do not take your case. They meet with you for a short time and give you some advice on how to proceed - by yourself. They do not become your attorney, prepare or file any documents for you, or [usually] take follow-up questions in the matter. After your short consult, they wish you the best of luck, and they mean it. That is the extent of the service they provide out of the goodness of their own hearts. There is no Rule in Florida which requires attorneys to provide any hours of free service to the community.

Best of luck (I do mean it).

Re: custody/visitation

First, find the money for a lawyer. We're talking about your kids. If I weren't seeing my kids, I wouldn't eat so that I could afford a lawyer. Seriously. I wouldn't eat.

I know you think I'm lying and that I'm a rich lawyer, so what's money mean to me? Here's a better question: what do your kids mean to you? Because, to me, my kids are more important than my house, my car, and all the money I've made being a lawyer. So beg, borrow, or do what you have to do to get a lawyer, then get your visitation.

In the meantime, you can object to the continuance, but two weeks is a blink of an eye in today's delayed, backed-up court system, so the judge will probably grant the continuance. To get the original order changed, you'll probably have to prove that there has been a substantial, unforseen change of circumstances since the time of the original order, which is pretty tough to prove, but that's why you really have to have a lawyer.