How can a woman hire an attorney when her spouse, who filed for the annulment, is the sole provider and care giver?

Her attorney can request attorneys fees for her early in the proceeding. She should consult a family law attorney to review all of the circumstances and advise her.

Anyone can file for anything in Florida.

Her attorney can ask the husband to pay the attorney fees.

She can offer goods or services in place of money to compensate the lawyer. While they are a little harder to find, there are good lawyers out there who are willing to trade their legal services for house or office cleaning, window washing, daycare, catering, piano lessons for them or their children, answering phones in his/her office, etc. Some people believe (falsely) that trading services for a lawyers services is demeaning. Nonsense. Money is a medium of exchange, a store or value. Barter skips the exchange of money for services. The same lawyer who would accept your money would then spend that money on the very thing you can offer directly (such as housekeeping or catering, etc.) If you run a housekeeping service you don't feel demeaned when a client pays you for your work. Sure, you may not have a job now, but everyone who lives in a house or apartment knows how to clean a house and thus knows how to clean an office. If you have special skills (if you're a chef, or a good photographer, or you write well), trade them for the attorney's work. I have traded services for carpet for my office, for photographs that I use on my website, and for a client painting the walls of my new office. Many times a lawyer is thrilled to have you exchange services because *the lawyer *may be short on cash, yet need services. Have the guts to ask. Finally, there is a way, provided in Utah law, to ask the court to order your spouse to pay for your attorney's fees prospectively, while the case is working its way through court. See Utah Code Section 30-3-3: 30-3-3. Award of costs, attorney and witness fees Temporary alimony. (1) In any action filed under Title 30, Chapter 3, Divorce, Chapter 4, Separate Maintenance, or Title 78B, Chapter 7, Part 1, Cohabitant Abuse Act, and in any action to establish an order of custody, parent-time, child support, alimony, or division of property in a domestic case, *the court may order a party to pay the costs, attorney fees, and witness fees, including expert witness fees, of the other party to enable the other party to prosecute or defend the action. The order may include provision for costs of the action*. (2) In any action to enforce an order of custody, parent-time, child support, alimony, or division of property in a domestic case, the court may award costs and attorney fees upon determining that the party substantially prevailed upon the claim or defense. The court, in its discretion, may award no fees or limited fees against a party if the court finds the party is impecunious or enters in the record the reason for not awarding fees. (3) In any action listed in Subsection (1), *the court may order a party to provide money, during the pendency of the action, for the separate support and maintenance of the other party and of any children in the custody of the other party*. (4) Orders entered under this section prior to entry of the final order or judgment may be amended during the course of the action or in the final order or judgment.