Originally Posted by
LexieCat 
I'm not sure why you have a lawyer representing you on the criminal charge. Your interests in that case are represented by the prosecutor, whose job it is to handle his lawyer. If it is a criminal case, your lawyer would have no role in the case and couldn't participate at all.
I think your money would be better spent on a family lawyer for purposes of getting an interim order giving you and the kids the right to stay in the house (and requiring him to stay out unless invited).
The prosecutors office is the one who recommended it. It's a long story. In part it's bc I got scared when the police came and gave them contradictory statements. My H's lawyer is all over that and trying to make this into a case of false arrest (even though there was obvious evidence that he assaulted me). It's a long story as to why I decided to hire a lawyer but it was a decision made after weighing a lot of options...