u/Broad_Check7962

My son has a slight I.D. he has a low IQ, has had an IEP in school since he began. He is 19 yrs old now. Therefore because of this I have been the one communicating with the criminal defense attorney. My son was evaluated by a forensic psychologist for ptsd but then said my son isn’t able to assist with his own defense. Now to the issue, the psychologist has been reaching out to me rather than the attorney. I found out about a month ago the attorney was really mad about this. He sent me a nasty email about how the information goes through him not through me. I didn’t ask for the info, or reach out to the Dr. so I felt this was kind of unfair. Instead of going through the info about him reaching out to me, I just apologized. I now realize I should have explained it to him. I just wanted to smooth things over with him. Since then I feel uncomfortable with him. I sent him a sincere apology and he never replied back and I haven’t communicated with him since. It honestly makes me feel sick to my stomach thinking about it. I didn’t hire him to be nice, I wanted the best attorney I could for my son. But I feel that I have hurt my son’s case with all of this happening. Anything I say to him now I feel he’d think I was just making up excuses. I’m not asking for legal help but just wanting help to navigate this.