I had a similar experience as Bridgette where I stupidly agreed to use Georgia Wilder for my QDRO. My only saving grace was that I didn't pre-pay for the QDRO split but hourly--which was very costly. I was the only one paying while my ex-husband was suppose to pay his half. I received nasty emails fo...r me to pay because she wrongfully accused me of not paying when it was him. I had to rehire my attorney and he had to rehire his attorney. However, when Georgia was having meetings with my ex-husband which me or my attorney weren't notified or given the contents of these meetings his attorney did the right thing and fired him (his attorney wasn't invited either). I found out about these meetings when I had to pay half the meetings which there were a lot of them!
Like Bridgette, Georgia refused to give me or my attorney the formula of how she came up with his portion of the QRDO split. The formula she came up with mine made no sense and it was clear George is bad at math. When I confronted Georgia she gave me Rule 72, Arizona Rules of Family Law Procedure which states she has immunity and can do what ever she wants.
The level of incompetence this woman has and how she treats people who are paying her is so sicking. She kept delaying where she was milking me for money where I was almost going bankrupt since I was the only one making regular payments. So I stopped paying and sent an email stating that I couldn't continue to pay her but would have to use my settlement money to pay or declared bankruptcy. Georgia advised me to set up payments with the girls who worked in the office. After I told the girls working in the office that I couldn't set up payment arrangements or pay I would have to declare bankruptcy instead unless I could use the settlement money to pay Georgia I received the QDRO the next day.
Upon review of the QDRO, my attorney couldn't figure out how she even came up with settlement form my ex-husbands retirement. My attorney stated she didn't use any known method for splitting retirement accounts. When he did the split he received a higher number for myself and gave his math. Georgia responded with a case number (which had nothing to do with mine) and math that made no since on how she split part of my ex-husband retirement. My attorney had a talk and stated Georgia's ethics could be reported and we could appeal but it would cause more money and headaches than it was worth in his opinion. The great thing was that my law firm refused to agree to use Georgia for future QRDROs after their experience with her.