Kimberly B. Allen

Kimberly Allen

Hi Jim, I am sorry that, if you had any issues or questions regarding your case during my representation more than a year ago, that you simply did not reach out to me to discuss it so I could clear up your apparent misunderstandings that seem to have magnified over all this time. In more than 30 years, never once have I failed to respond to a motion unless it benefitted my client to resolve the matter by stipulation rather than allowing it to proceed to judicial review. As you should recall, such was the situation in your case; we had full discussions about that motion for temporary child support prior to you instructing that I settle it without the time and expense involved in responding, since your obligation to support your children would be established based upon a straight mathematical calculation pursuant to the Child Support Standards Act – which it was. You and I had several conversations about it, we exchanged emails about it, and you were in court the day your support was established. It is for that reason that the order states that support was issued “on consent of the parties” and not “by default.” You also forget the windfall of benefits you realized on that order. The order did not require you to pay any retroactive child support and, as such, you went several months without paying any child support whatsoever – totaling more than $8,000.00. In addition, the order did not require you to pay any household costs including the mortgage, homeowner’s insurance, school or county taxes or maintenance and repair. Moreover, I did forward the documentation you provided to me to your wife’s attorney. In fact, I even went above and beyond by also forwarding everything by email. I have those emails. I’m not sure upon what basis you state that documents were not forwarded. As to your claim that I arrived to court late, once I was late because my children’s bus was late. I explained that to you and apologized. Even so, it was by less than ten minutes and I notified the Court in advance of the conference time. The second time, I was already at the courthouse, but in another judge’s chambers. You and the judge on your case were notified. As far as office hours, my stated hours are Monday through Friday, 9:00 a.m. through 6:00 p.m. – although, in actuality, I work 6-7 days per week and often through late night hours. All office meetings are by appointment and not once did I ever tell you that I could not meet with you. As far as the majority of our communications being by email, I remind you that you work overnight hours and sleep during the day. I remind you of the time that you were outraged that I called you during the afternoon because you were sleeping and I woke you. If you look, you’ll find that your email communications to me were most often sent between 11:00 p.m. and 3:00 a.m. If you would like to discuss this further, I am always happy to do so. If not, I wish you the best and hope that things get better for you in your legal matter and that you find some peace and resolution.