Dorothy Louise Carfrae

I was referred to Dorothy Carfrae by a court bailiff. He said that if he was in need of a child custody attorney, that is who he would hire. Well, he is right. I was falsely accused of child abuse by my ex. You know, the same old tactics that people do when they get mad at you for breaking up. ... She wanted to punish me for leaving her, although there was no other woman at the time. Because of her accusation, Children Services Dept. opened an investigation, interviewed everyone, including my kids, and it took a year for them to clear me and declare that the accusation was unfounded. In the meantime, I was treated like a criminal and not a dad. It took a long time for me to get back my children, because at first the court ordered supervised visitation, even though I have never been arrested for anything. I now have more custody time with my kids, and my name is cleared. I do appreciate the hard work that Ms. Carfrae did on my behalf. Sean.

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.

Most of these negative reviews left out the MOST IMPORTANT FACTOR: the person's RESPONSIBILITY FOR THEIR OWN ACTIONS. An attorney is not a miracle worker, they can only work with the facts of your case. And sometimes the client must take responsibility for what they have done. Just as the best a...ttorney cannot get a murderer get away, a family law attorney cannot get a client full custody, restraining orders, max support/alimony, etc... if you are a violent person. a drunk, a drug user, etc.. I am a LESS THAN PERFECT CLIENT, but I got reasonable and fair results thanks to Dorothy Carfrae. Without going into details, I will just say that I had the typical life of an irresponsible man who had a child too early in my life. I was a child myself. I had a couple of DUIs, and been arrested for DV at the report of the mother of my child. Dorothy helped me, through sheer hard work, get some time with my young son. I am thankful for that. Dorothy gave me the chance to know what being a father really is. I started with very little time, increasing the time-share over months and months, and now I am almost at 50% time with my kid. It was also because I now have a steady job, show that I am responsible and can take care of my son. So, don't complain. The results are only as good as WHO YOU ARE. There are no miracles. You have to work with the system.

My name if Jeff T. and Dorothy represented me in a case where my ex-wife did not want me to have any time with my children. I have always believed that if you are knowledgeable about your case, understand the process, then your attorney can help you. I educated myself and provided the facts to Doro...thy's office so that I could participate fully in my case. After numerous hearings, a child custody evaluation, a false accusation made by my ex to Child Protective Services, I now have more than 50% time with my kids. All I wanted was to be a dad to my kids. I now got that, and I have Dorothy Carfrae to thank. If you just sit there and complain, nothing is going to happen. Educate yourself, work with your attorney, and you will see.

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!