Melissa A. Powell

Melissa did not make me aware that child support could be changed. I only agreed because our assets were split so unevenly. She didn’t file the needed paperwork for my settlement until I finally got my ex-husband’s employer involved, which led to a my credit score being demolished, wasting thousands ...of dollars on a 3 bedroom condo so that my 3 kids could stay in our school district and have transportation. As a single mom I could not provide that. Luckily I was able to increase my credit score just before I had nothing left for retirement. My ex kept our expensive home and paid me from his 401K, which I had to pay taxes on in order to take out to pay of debt and put a down payment on a new home. I have since increased my salary through hard work and risking starting my own private practice. Additionally, she did not advise me on how to handle the fact that my ex-husband and I had been putting 10K a year in a retirement account through his work for 10 years, which he told me was “not real or possible to access”. (I didn’t have any money to do a deep dive or fight him on this). Her bad representation will cost me 100s of thousands of $$ in the long run. My divorce was 7 years ago. I’m still struggling though I have gotten myself to a place where I can make good money. Please do not use this attourny. She was referred to me by a friend who had a very simple divorce.