ATLANTA - Attorneys for the estranged husband of televangelist Juanita Bynum have been trying to get her side of the story for four months, but they say she keeps postponing her appointment.

Last month, Bynum was ordered by a judge for Gwinnett County Superior Court to appear yesterday for a deposition.

The order, filed Jan. 8, read, “It has now been three months, nine letters, multiple telephone calls and at least one thousand dollars to attempt to schedule Plaintiff’s deposition.”

In one letter, dated Dec. 14, lawyer Monica Hanrahan tells Bynum’s divorce attorney, Karla Walker, “Clearly the Court wants to keep the case moving forward, as do we. We understand Dr. Bynum-Weeks is an in demand speaker, but we certainly hope this case is a priority for her.”

Three days later, Hanrahan writes, “While we would much prefer to agree on a date cooperatively, we can not wait indefinitely for Dr. Bynum-Weeks’ response.”

On Jan. 2, Hanrahan wrote in her final letter before filing a motion with the court, “I am under a good amount of pressure to get Dr. Bynum-Weeks’ deposition scheduled ... We want about 4 or 5 hours of her time, in a case which she filed ... I trust you are doing your best to get us a date, but perhaps a motion is necessary to convey to Dr. Bynum-Weeks how serious we are about getting this on the calendar.”

Attorneys for Thomas Weeks III waited until 3 p.m. yesterday for her to show up.

“Judges like lawyers to figure out things like depositions without the court’s help,” said Randy Kessler, one of the attorneys representing Weeks in the divorce case. “We’ll still be optimistic, we’ll still keep the door open. We’ve got all next week available. We’re not going to be the ones to blame if it doesn’t happen.”

Weeks said in a statement released yesterday afternoon, “We need to hear Ms. Bynum’s position directly from her, under oath. There has been much said in the press, and much of it by her public relations’ personnel. Today was to be the day that we heard directly from her.”

Kessler said he plans to again ask the court to compel her to appear at a later date and compensate his client for legal fees. “It’s time, and time is money,” Kessler said. “It’s a few thousand dollars each time it doesn’t happen.”

Bynum filed for divorce from Weeks on Sept. 27, citing “cruel treatment” and saying that the marriage was “irretrievably broken” about a month after he was accused of attacking her in a hotel parking lot.