Dorothy Louise Carfrae

When someone said that their spouse treated them badly, then left them, I have to think: who is to blame? The attorney who takes the divorce case? I think not. If I stayed in a "bad" marriage, I only have myself to blame if I stayed too long, hoping that I can "change" the person I married. I am wi...lling to take part of the blame for staying that long. When I filed for divorce, I just want it done right. And I found the office that did it right for me. I am not into keeping my children from my ex. They are his children too. Neither am I into taking everything we owned. My divorce was difficult, but I felt that I was served right by Dorothy's office. People who keep complaining about their lives and how bad their lives have become, need to take part of the responsibility of picking their spouse/mate, and their inability to move on.

I don't do reviews. But I feel compelled to speak up. One person said she wants to keep her 401(K) because her husband took his out. Certainly, that would be fair if the amounts were equal. But it's also an issue that can only be decided at the end of the case (at time of trial). She said she got it..., because the judge was "in her corner". I don't know about that. That issue is a no brainer, especially for an attorney as well-known and well-regarded as Ms. Carfrae. My case was handled fine. I move on. I don't want to "win" in a divorce. I just want fairness, and I got that with Ms. Carfrae's help.

It's hard enough to go through a divorce. It's harder when you don't want to lose your wife because she does not "feel like" being married any more. I am one of those men. I was lost, and I was depressed. I hired Dorothy on the recommendation of several friends who had gone through what I was goin...g through. All I wanted was to save my marriage. But my now ex-wife did not want any more of our family. I did not want to "punish" her for stepping out. I just want to be fair, and want to have time with my kids. I got that through the help of attorney Carfrae. Some people here want to "punish" the ex-spouse, want to "win", want to get "more", want to be "paid". I don't want any of that. I just want my family to stay together. If not, I want to part our ways fairly. I have Dorothy to thank for a fair division of our assets, and enough time with my kids, so that I can move on, one day soon.

It feels strange to write a review of your divorce lawyer, but I decided to do it because Dorothy helped me tremendously. My divorce was a difficult mess. My now ex-husband was a control freak who took care of all our finances, own a successful business, and I was too busy raising our 3 kids. When... we went through our divorce, all of a sudden he decided to become "father of the year" and wanted to have 50-50 custody. He also has a new "fiancee" now and has a new house with lots of toys to attract my kids. Well, it did not work very well for him. Dorothy helped me present the real "spouse" and the absentee dad that he is . She got me my fair share of our assets. My kids are happy with the time share between us. I have moved on. Thank you Dorothy for having stood by me.

Dorothy Carfrae was referred to me by another Attorney who said "she is known at Norwalk Court as the DOG for Family Law. I needed to free myself of a very emotionally & physically abusive Husband. She put on a great ACT of compassion, took my money, but from then on her and her staff were very rude,... they didn't return my phone calls to say the least. The last days of my marriage, the police removed my then husband, a TRO was in-forced, which he violated over & over again. An Ex-Parte hearing from the Opposing Counsel was set, I showed up and she sent an Attorney who was just starting out, who didn't understand what the Judges instructions were and gave me wrong information regarding letting my then husband come to retrieve items from my garage. My husband showed up and I told him, he wasn't suppose to be at my home and I would call the police if he didn't leave, he chased me to my car and restrained me from driving off and was threatening me . My neighbors called the police out, I finally got a hold of Carfrae's office and her Paralegal answered, I was very shook up, her Paralegal was very rude. When I told her what My husband did, her Paralegal said " well what do you expect, the judge gave him two weeks to remove his items", I couldn't believe it and the inexperienced Attorney who Dorothy sent to court didn't understand the Judges orders. I told her I was going to get another Restraining Order because I was so afraid of my then husband. I believed he would do what he said to me. The Paralegal said she would let Dorothy know, two days later , still no return phone call, I filed my own TRO, the Judge signed it immediately, by the time I got home Carfrae's office was now calling me saying, " Dorothy is not happy with me for not waiting on her". Carfrae and her staff FAILED at providing the Fiduciary Duty a Professional is to have to their clients. I have since then told anyone who ask and there has been A LOT of people, WHO not to go to for Family Law matters! Sale and divide whats left, because if your EX doesn't pay the creditors he agreed to, they will come after you including Carfrae ! The Divorce Judgment doesn't matter ! I do believe in KARMA!