Hi,

My x-wife has a court date for ssi in san diego, ca. in jan. of next yr. that she has been waitng for about a yr. The lawyers office girl is telling us that we have to hand all the drs. and her shrink their forms (the lawyers) to fill out. So far two drs. refused to fill them out, and are saying that the lawyer needs only their dr. notes.

The lawyers helper lady seems a bit incompetent in not being able to find documents and emails we send her until much later. Not concerned about a bad health problem she has (one of them). I talked to the lawyer about the problem, and he seemed a bit angry, and not nearly as frindly as when we sighned up. Didn't even look up her file while on the phone with me.

My question is: Are we supposed to take the lawyers forms to all the drs., or is all of this business the lawyers job? Also, if we wanted to get another lawyer, would we have to start all over again with a new court date etc.? Thanks,

Frank

You can always get a new lawyer, but you will need to compensate the first lawyer for the work he has done. Have you browsed through the information in LawInfo's Free Legal Resource Center to learn more about your issue yet? See: http://www.lawinfo.com/consumer.html. You can certainly try to speak to a lawyer to determine what legal options may be available. In the meantime, you may be able to learn more on your own. Search the "Free Legal Resources" tab, or browse the Consumer Resources. Good luck.

Thanks very much for the reply!

I posted on another forum, and was told that the lawyer needs the forms filled out, and that we should be taking care of it. We had no idea how this stuff is handled. Thanks again, and thanks for the link.

Frank