Dorothy Louise Carfrae

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!

My son's biological father, had a criminal record and was abusive towards both myself and my son. He provided nothing for a long period of time and then returned to the picture with nothing but requests. I did all the paperwork, I did all the footwork, I carried out my own investigation and I p...ut in all the time. In return, I got nothing but a bill for almost $5000 plus the $2500 (retainer). I am not an attorney nor would I unfairly write a review. At this point I have nothing to gain or loose. All I wanted was the well-being of my son. Instead my son now gets to hang out in an apartment complex in the hood steps away from sex offenders. Thank you for leaving my son in an unsafe environment and his only provider in a "well of more debts." By the way, she told me to file my own child support and to date, still has not completed by divorce.

I was referred to Dorothy Carfrae by a friend that she represented in a divorce. My case is about custody of my 3 children, and their dad's lawyer is a self-proclaimed dads' attorney who advertises that he fights for dads' rights. I represented myself at one hearing and the judge told me to get an at...torney because he said that I did not know what I was doing in court. Well, after retaining Dorothy things started to change. After a series of very hard hearings, minor's counsel was appointed, my children now had their own attorney and their voice was heard. The end result is that I got full legal and physical custody of all my children. The ex got very limited visitation and has to pay support. I am one very grateful client.