Legal Question in Family Law in New York

had to defend myself.
I had a lawyer but my lawyer before trial asked to be remove from the case,because I hadn't kept in touch with him, which is true cause I was working alot of hours at the time.The judge granted him his request and refused to give me another court appointed attorney.He told me I would have to defend myself,and I didn't know what to say to the judge so I went along with this.I have no knowledge of the law or how to defend myself and I ended up losing my children because of this.I feel that I was treated wrong and should still have my children i feel one of my rights were violated.What if anything should I have done and is it to late for me to do something now my children have been in foster care for a year,and this still bothers me cause I feel I should have been able to have another attorney since the attorney that asked to be remove was my first and only attorney.

Asked on 3/30/09, 6:42 am

Michael Markowitz Michael A. Markowitz, PC

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Re: had to defend myself.

If the reason or circumstance as to why you lost your child changed within the past year, you may re-new application for custody.

Mike.

Answered on 3/30/09, 8:23 am

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