Bonnie E. Saltzman

My fiance and I hired Bonnie in response to an extremely nasty ongoing custody litigation, involving child abuse, parenting time, and child support. Bonnie was incredibly responsive to all of our questions, made sure that we understood the process, and talked us through what was reasonable and unreas...onable. She has a great reputation in the family courts, and really did well for us. We haven't gone to trial, but if we do, I will update this review to include how we thought she did. We also worked with her partner, Todd Stahly, and we found the teamwork between the two to be incredibly impressive.

As a marriage dissolves it is very hard for the parents to always consider the best interests of the children. Bonnie is very good an insuring the best interests of the children are the determining factor in writing parenting plans. The bottom line is children do need both parents and too often the... children become pawns in the divorce. Bonnie makes sure that does not happen and that the children have the opportunity to have a loving relationship with both parents. As long as both parents are capable of providing for them. She isn't an attorney that will go for the jugular (unless a childs welfare is at stake), but rather come up with a reasonable plan that requires compromise as long as both parties are willing and it serves the best interest of the children.

Bonnie Saltzman was the first PCDM I had to work with after my divorce. She did absolutely nothing to help my situation, or that of my children. If anything, she made the divide worse between my ex-husband and our co-parenting, which moved to parallel parenting during her appointment. Bonnie’s action...s and decisions were detrimental to my family’s relationship, and I would never recommend her services to anyone.

Bonnie missed every deadline and appointment with not even the courtesy of communication or apology. This delayed our custody case by many, costly months, not to mention extending a child's anguish. She gave equal credence to all our evidence (scores of recordings, police records, professional diagno...ses, emails) as she gave to the other side's unsubstantiated rumors and lies. Her final report had contradictions that were almost impossible to schedule. Please do not put your family's well-being in her hands.