Abby, make sure whatever lawyer/paralegal you use, have them put in the papers that HE is to pay for all your legal costs associated with the split. He is the one that actually left the home, so have him pay the fee's (even if you wanted him gone). It is done quite often, but I have seen friends who got divorced and their lawyer FORGOT to put that in the papers :shrug: That way, even though you have had to pay money out of pocket up front, you will (hopefully) be able to recover that money at some point.

