How to counter my husband's divorce petition (as I wish to live with him)

Me and my husband live apart since 1.5 years following repeated physical abuse that I had to face from him. We are in contact through phone and he made one or two visits to see our only son ... I am willing to return to him and doesn't want a divorce. But he had filed divorce case one yr back to counter my request to get back some of my parental wealth and ornaments as I find it very difficult to make the two ends meet without my father's help. But simultaneously he uses phone calls to convince me he don't want a divorce ... We have attended court couselling without much benefit and due to personal reasons I couldn't attend the first proper court session(had requested for another date) , now my lawyer says in the next (my first) visit to court there will be judgement unless I give objection (which will worsen the relation as per my lawyer) or take transfer of petition to my hometown... I find it very hard to believe that I will be allowed to speak only on the day of judgement .. kindly give me a suggestion