Legal Question in Family Law in Pennsylvania

I live in Pa. Spouse has retained atty and filed divorce. I have zero income and cannot afford atty,. I answered the divorce petition pro se and filed for spousal support. Hearing is Sept 4th, 2013. He threw me out on 06/20/2013 with no money, no job ( he asked me in Oct 2012 to quit my job and go OTR wth him, he's a truckdriver, and we were doing this up until 6/10/2013. I had to beg a relative for place to stay, he stopped paying for my medications that Ive been on for 15 yrs. and gave me nothing when I left. he had our 19 yr old son put me out, lease was in his name. I want to know if I contact his attorney and asked that he give me a lump sum settlement form his 2 pension funds ( union and PepsiCo) am I doing myself harm? I believe now that he has paid off my sons tuition in cash that he has quit his job. He also is on a back to work program with ssd so between the job and ssd he gets about 7 k per month. Ive have a hard time functioning without my meds (bipolar patient) which he was paying for and this makes job searching extremely hard.I understand I more that I likely would sign off on future dividends but really need the funds to find a permanent place to to live and get back on my meds. Is this a good or bad idea to approach his atty with this offer prior to support hearing? Thank you in advance.
Helene

Asked on 8/20/13, 1:01 pm

John Davidson Law Office of John A. Davidson

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Time to file for spousal support an attorney's fees. He also has to keep up the medical insurance.

{John}

Answered on 8/21/13, 7:16 am

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