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How about paralegas as someone previously mentioned? Are they useful and less expensive? Ive used all my financial resources already just to get myself in a place that would be good for my kids, a safer neighborhood and larger apartment, a car that wont shit the bed when im driving them around, and im afriad if i try for a credit card i could get into bad debt and end up really messing up all i have worked hard for, for my kids. So basically i wanted to know if a paralegal may be something to consider for my situation?

Its horrible hearing all of this i have to go through just to be the father in my kids life they deserve me to be. How do people feel about court appointed lawyers. I was under the impression you could get a attorney for no cost that the courts can provide. If i really have no other means of hiring one is that a decent option?
I also wonder now after hearing from you both, that maybe I havent heard back with a court date becasue i am missing some paper work that should have been filied. When i went down i told them what i wanted to file for and did what they told me. But maybe i was nto fully informed?

Concerned and missing my kids,
Mj

Thank you for responding, i wanted to answer your questions in case you had any more tips for me, The battery incident was aprox 4 years ago, The kids live in Mass as do I, and we do not have any custody orders, we have never been to court before. I feel some relief hearing from you that people do represent themsevles often, and that you say its a pretty simple case. Its nice to hear in a time of such stress.

I only have one other question , Does it seem that i may be at risk of being denied visitation?
Any more advice you have is beyond appericated.

Thank you, MJ

I have been calling, making sure i don't somehow miss it when they send the date out... but other then that? any help on what to expect... this is a case i can handel on my own without a lawyer? i just cannot afford one, but i have to win this? i need visitation
Help?

I have filed for a court date... months ago, and am still waiting for it, however my ex has kept my kids from seeing or speaking to me in over a year. I am tired of it and fed up. I need to be in their lives, I cannot afford a lawyer, and will represent myself, or use a court appointed att. However i don't even no where to begin, I want to get visitation of my kids, I live in mass. The ex refuses to even speak with me, so we cannot come to a aggrement on our own. Im so scared they will deny me visitation, or something. I did have a domestic violence charge aginist my ex, which was dropped, ( she was high and tried taking my kids in her car, So i grabbed her so she couldn't, and she called the cops with a bruise on her arm.) It was to protect my children not to hurt her, if that makes any difference. As far as towards my kids, I have never ever hurt them, in fact their mother hates me because they speak so highly of me and always want to see me.  Do i have have any reason to be concerned that representing myself could result in my visitation not being granted.

Any input would be greatly appericated.
MJ

I had a verbal agreement with my ex, about 2 years ago, that i would see my 3 children for over night visitation every other weekend, about a year and a half ago she chose to stop allowing me to see them or even phone them. She sent the houseing athority to my apartment and they decided it was to small for me to have the three of them stay. Since then i have found a larger and nice apartment in a great town, and i have purchased a new car, so she couldn't claim i would be unsafe to drive them around. Now i want to go to court and ask for visitation, however i cannot afford an attorney and am scared of representing myself. I am also concerned that some odd way she may be able to try and say with all the new things i have, i must make a lot of money, and demand more child support, I pay my child support and work 73 hours a week just so i can afford these nicer things in an effort to see my kids. Can anyone give me advice? Do i have a shot in court without a lawyer? can she try and take my things away? IM scared, i haven't seen or spoken with my kids in a year and i just miss them. Please help.