Stacy L. Van Dyken

I have never left a bad review because you always hope people improve. I can't sit back and do nothing on this one. Stacy really didn't give us the time of day or fight for the safety of my daughter. It was hard to get a hold of her, there was not much time with her, and she did not seem personabl...e, caring or fight for my daughter. It seemed like she was friends with the other attorney and did not go to bat for us at all. I had to remind her several times that CPS substantiated the allegations against the other parent. Stacy looked tough but came across as a pushover or like she didn't know what she was doing with the other attorney in GR. I would represent myself before I would engage her again. It was a huge waste of money. After all of the money spent and everything horrible that went on, he was granted a couple of extra hours every other week, which he wanted nights. He had the best attorney and I had one that was scared of her. My ex just didn't want to pay more child support, but I would have taken zero child support, just so she didn't have to stay with him due to huge safety issues on a couple of different levels. A little while after the trial was over, her father stopped seeing her every other weekend anyway. He didn't want his child to begin with, he just wanted to hurt me, and not pay more. He has never had her stay at his house in years since then, she is 100% with me, thank goodness, and he rarely gets in touch with her. It feels awful to have her grow up without a father, but she is so much safer. Still dealing with issues from what he did to her. Shame on Stacy Van Dyken, and shame on me for not firing her and getting another attorney to protect my daughter. I didn't realize I had options.