To answer your questions, he did hire himself and signed the retainer, but the funds come from both our incomes as this is a community property state. Why does he need an atty--I regret it for the second DUI--I guess to mostly minimize the damage. Which I see now probably isn't helpful in the long term.
This is a pattern. He has had 3 legal problems and all 3 we have had an atty. I fear he will have more.
This is so eye opening, the more I read on here, the more I am....I realize what mistakes I made and am still making.
When you are married, you don't want him to lose his job.