Robert Adams McCarty Jr

Robert was referred to me 48 hours before my hearing because my original attorney found a conflict of interest. I trusted him and went with Mr. McCarty. I emailed/called Mr. McCarty over 24 times. I let him know my ex-husband and his girlfriend were harassing me and saying horrible things to an in fr...ont of my children. Every request went unanswered. My ex stopped paying child support after 2.4 years of peace and harmony. He also moved in with his girlfriend over an hour away from the kids school. Finally, five months after I retained Mr. McCarty, he sent a letter to my ex's attorney. My ex's attorney laughed. He also filed a garnishment 5 months after I retained him and begged him to do so. I finally started getting child support 6 months after I retained Mr. McCarty. He informed me that the 4 months that my ex stopped paying would cost MORE money to file for that. That was never explained to me. Needless to say my ex got away with 4 months of non-payment. My ex stifled me so bad, I had to give up my children's only home (He lived with his drinking buddy for 2.5 years after we split in one room) and move the children and I in with my mother. While he took up with a much younger woman with 2 children of her own, she had some minimum wage job, and lived an hour away. he bought diamond rings for her and expensive trips to the Dominican. All the while the children and I are suffering. The mental abuse got SO bad, that I called Mr. McCarty on Jan. 4 and begged him to file for a hearing to make it all stop. He said he would the following week. He did nothing! I wanted a restraining order against my ex's girlfriend for showing up at my school where I am a teacher and trying to tell my children that I am not their mother, his new girlfriend is. All of it fell on deaf ears. I ended up having a break down from the mental and finial hardships. No one was protecting me. Now, my ex has temporary custody of my two children. I fired Mr. McCarty because he failed to protect myself and my children. I am a single mother of two and getting a retainer of $5,500, was very difficult. He wasted all of it except for about $500. Now there is a hearing on 3/28 to get my children back and I have no attorney. A psychologist, psychiatric, and my primary care doctor all agree, nothing would have happened if the abuse would have been cut off at the path by my attorney. I am going to loose when I go into court without an attorney. He made me loose my children. I can't afford to retain someone else. Additionally, we had a hearing on 1/17 for "omitted assets." I called him two days before the hearing and he said, "AHHHHH I didn't realize they didn't answer our petition!" What the hearing is in two days and you just now realized that they didn't answer, when it was served a full 6 month earlier? He also failed to tell me I didn't have to attend the hearing and I took off work to go. I ended up not going because I went to the hospital the night before with a breakdown. This man did not do him job, in my opinion.

Looking back on my divorce several years ago, I am still thankful to have chosen Robert. He was recommended highly by an attorney in San Diego who's niece went through a divorce and used him. Robert was straightforward, honest and knew the landscape of the law. Most importantly, he was quick to respo...nd and his team was as well. I will never forget his advice, which still helps me when dealing with my ex wife today: "You are going to take the high road the whole time, you understand!" He charges more than most local attorneys in the area I had to go to court, but he is specialized and holds a CA Bar Board Certified specialization (not many do). And as the divorce joke goes... "You know why divorce is expensive — because it is worth it."