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.

I don't like leaving bad reviews, but this one really makes me think I am not over exaggerating. So to sum it up; I am a minor and she was supposed to represent me in court for 'whats best for me'. Clearly she did not. custety stayed the same, she never picked up her phone when I called even though s...he said that she ALWAYS would when I first met her. She also never reached out to me after the whole case. Like its been almost what....3 years??? total waste of money!!!!!!

You may as well represent yourself. Stacy threatened to withdraw as my attorney if I didn't do things her way. She talks a big game but always backed down from the opposing parties attorney. She will not fight for you because "she already knows what the court is going to say". It seems like all I pa...id her for was to talk tough, back down and forward emails.

My experience with Stacy VanDyken was horrific and negatively impacted my children. My children even grew to dislike her and her arrogant attitude. She is a huge waste of time. Stacy started out strong the first month once she got the financial agreement but failed miserable after. Stacy was so... disorganized and constantly late for court times yet choose to invoice me in the end for the time she was scheduled to be there. Stacy was late too invoice by 6 - 9 months so you are forced to keep track of her laziness. Stacy is not a parent and does not have a clue of what the best interest factors are for the children. Do not waste your time, stress or energy with Stacy and find anyone else as she is the all time worse attorney ever. Wasted years for her to timely respond and never followed through.