Krista Vivian Nash

I would never recommend Krista Nash as a Child's Legal Representative. Everything I write here is based on filings in my own case, billing records, recordings, and my personal experience. I also know multiple other Boulder County parents who have described the same pattern of behaviour. One of my b...iggest concerns was that Ms. Nash billed thousands of dollars preparing a Magistrate Review that could never even be considered by the District Court because it was filed incorrectly. Either she didn't know the review could not legally be considered, or she did know and billed for it anyway. I honestly don't know which explanation is worse. That same review correctly explained why reunification therapy in my case would violate Kayden's Law. She got that absolutely right. Then, almost unbelievably, she recommended what she called "family systems therapy" with Dr. Lynn Steinberg. Yes, that Lynn Steinberg. The same Dr. Steinberg whose work has become nationally known through the Maya and Sebastian case. The same Dr. Steinberg whose own website advertises: "One Family at a Time Reunification Program – A four-day program with the goal of reunifying children with their Alienated Parent." Calling it "family systems therapy" didn't change what it was. Fortunately, my son knew his rights. He insisted he did not have to work with Dr. Steinberg unless a judge specifically ordered him to. There was no such order. Ms. Nash also recommended that my only parenting time be supervised visits costing between $300 and $420 every week. At exactly the same time, she was telling the court that the previous order removing my son from my care should effectively be 100% reversed because current law and my son's best interests supported him returning to me. Those two recommendations simply do not make sense together. This is not a Child First approach. If a child should be returned to a parent immediately, why recommend parenting time that is so financially prohibitive it effectively terminates that parent's relationship with their child? The District Court ultimately agreed there were serious problems with the order. My Magistrate Review resulted in the case being remanded because there were insufficient best-interest findings supporting my son's relocation and no findings whatsoever supporting the effective reduction of my parenting time through financially impossible supervision costs. Those are matters of public record. The billing also raised serious concerns for me. Bills were re-issued after significant edits. There were vague entries amounting to thousands of dollars, what appeared to be duplicate billing, and recommendations that seemed internally contradictory. Over time I began to feel that the recommendations shifted depending on what kept the case alive, rather than what actually resolved it for the child. Sadly, I have since heard almost identical experiences from numerous other parents in Boulder County. The consistent theme is that Ms. Nash appears to tell each side what they want to hear while the litigation continues month after month, leaving children caught in the middle while parents spend tens or even hundreds of thousands of dollars. That is, of course, my opinion based on my experience and the stories shared with me by other families. But when you hear the same pattern over and over again, it becomes difficult to ignore. Perhaps the most upsetting part was my son repeatedly reaching out to her while he was in genuine distress. I have recordings he made of those conversations. My experience was that she often told him one thing, told me something completely different, and then billed for every interaction. When my son was finally returned to my care, Ms. Nash tried to take credit for that outcome. My own experience was very different. It felt as though my son was the one who protected himself by knowing his rights and refusing to participate in a programme that had never actually been ordered by the court.

Krista Nash is highly skilled at marketing herself. While she talks a great game on her family law podcast and frequently name-drops her Northwestern education, her actual performance as a PC/DM is a profound disappointment. She presents herself as a tough, fast-acting advocate for children, but wh...en it comes to rolling up her sleeves in a high-conflict environment, she becomes skittish and overwhelmed. After accepting our case, she neglected the mandate for months. Her failure to act left our children stranded without necessary decisions. She eventually quit and chose to reimburse some of her bills rather than face the consequences of her inactions. Her operational setup is also problematic. She runs a highly expensive, antiquated operation, using multiple paralegals that create a 25% markup of duplicate effort that could easily be streamlined by AI today. If you need a PC/DM who prioritizes real children over her podcast audience, look elsewhere.

Unprofessional and deeply disappointing. She arrived late, billed excessively, and admitted she had not reviewed my case while pressuring me to fire my attorney. She refused to review evidence, showed clear bias without factual basis, caused unnecessary delays, and then blamed others for those delays.... Her actions contributed to nearly a year of avoidable court postponements while fees continued to accrue. I would not recommend her services especially where child safety is concerned.

Literally told the court that I made 22 false reports to CPS, and that no professionals such as doctors, counselors, the public, ever called police or CPS re: my children's safety with their father. I sought the records, there have been around 30 calls made about him or his home, and in all of time I...'ve made 4-the legal department of CPS was able to approve giving me a letter regarding my own calls because I am the one that made them (don't be afraid to ask!). She claimed I didn't give her evidence, and left out my personal references which included the Mayor of a local city, a sheriff, and the head of childrens ministry at a large local church. She overlooked a decade of abuse in hundreds of factual exhibits and made so many mistakes I had to go through it line by line. My kids and I have had to continue to live through worsening abuse in big part because of her. Claims to be a follower of Christ, she's a phony and shouldn't have a license. Didn't allow me access to the file for yrs!

Krista is very judgemental. She doesn't do her job to the best of her ability and makes excuses to the judge why she doesn't do her job I was a state paid client and every conversation was regarding money she didn't have the funds to provide the proper resources, she stated she had no safety concerns... with me but yet she never came out to see her 7 year old client which she stated was 4 well if she and her firm would have done their job instead of trying to prove a point and BE A GATE KEEPER she would know his age not only that but if she paid attention to detail paperwork she would know more about her client ,she is not familiar with her statues she has to ask the judges help on statuse just a piss poor performance from her and her employees and the worst experience ever if your looking for a lieoryer their the right ones if your looking for a LAWYER look elsewhere she is not credible with her word or actions she seen no concerns with a child being around a gun which any person in there right mind would but for her to prove her point of power she did nothing to protect my son she will referee you to cps if the job is to much for her instead of getting off the case she would rather put more stress on a client she isn't in the best interest of children she is in the best interest of a pay check.