Chaker v. Chaker

Defendant appeals the denial of his motion for a new trial, in which he alleged that the trial court erred in granting his counsel’s motion to withdraw. We reverse and remand for a new trial.

This divorce case was tried on a contested basis over four days throughout a six-week period in February and March of 1985. At the end of the third day of trial, March 26th, defendant’s attorney filed a motion to withdraw as counsel for the defendant. The motion was promptly granted, and the defendant proceeded pro se the following day, the fourth day of trial. Following entry of the court’s final divorce…