Sheryl
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I filed for divorce from my husband. I live in Illinois (Chicago suburbs). I am gay but there were also other issues in our marriage. He was controlling and sometimes verbally abusive. While our intentions were to be divorced amicably, there were many threats and scare tactics by my husband because he was having a hard time letting me go. For instance, he threatened to tell others I am gay, said he would not support me financially, and he said he would get visitation of my children more than me. We have discovered that the attorney I have chosen has a reputation as being the most litigious attorney in our area. He loves going to trial and he is a pitbull. He is a dominant man and is already trying to get me to hate my husband. I want things to be simple. My husband makes $175,000/year and I make $55,000. We don't have any complicated assets...house/stocks/his 401k retirement/my pension. But now I am scared that my attorney is going to try to take advantage of things (like making unneeded subpoenas and motions). I don't want him looking through my personal finances---I know what they are and I don't need him determining if my husband has hidden anything---I know that will cost more for him to dig. I already paid my attorney a $7500 retainer. What can I do to approach my attorney and ask him to try to work with us to make things fair and simple? I want to avoid a trial. I know my husband isn't perfect, but I want to get out of this fairly without high legal fees. Should I expect the attorney to eat through the $7500 and keep billing me or can I get him to look at our assets spreadsheet and suggest alimony/child support, etc. I feel like I am trying to get rid of one controlling man and now dealing with another one. How do I approach my attorney?? Help! Thank you so much.
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