I need to file a continuace in my divorce case so I can hire an attorney

Use the court caption on the documents. Label the request a Motion for Continuance. Explain in plain English why you now need a lawyer when you did not anticipate having to hire one. Ask for as much time as you think you will need x 2. File it immediately by fax and follow up with original to the clerk in 5 days. Serve a copy on your ex' atty by same methods as you file and include a certificate of service to that effect. The court may hold the scheduling hearing anyway, just to get things rolling. But your motion may give you the basis to request an extended schedule to the first deadline, which amounts to the same thing as a continuance. Nothing material should be decided in a scheduling hearing. Object if something happens you do not understand. Good luck.

If you do not get it done and have to go to the hearing I would explain the situation to the judge and see if they would reschedule the hearing to allow for you to get an attorney.

File a motion to continue stating the reasons that justify the continuance. Do not get personal or accusatory; it never helps.