Legal Question in Civil Rights Law in Wisconsin

Re: lawyers request to be dismissed

Normally if an attorney is an Attorney of Record in a case, she would have to file a Motion to Withdraw, and also provide an affidavit as to the basis for the request. Your father should be served with the Motion and Affidavit and given notice of the Hearing date. He will then have an opportunity to appear and provide information to the Court as to his objections to the withdrawal. One of the most common bases for a Motion to Withdraw, especially in family law cases, is that the client has not or is not paying the attorney's bill. Your father should certainly contact his attorney to get information as to why she is withdrawing. If the Court allows the attorney to withdraw, your father will normally be given time to locate and retain another attorney to represent him.