If you can cry and make yourself seem like a victim and have no repercussions for bad decisions, lie UNDER OATH and make up stories. Then this judge is on your side.

If you are a female and are assigned Judge Steiner....try and switch IMMEDIATELY!! Judges by definition are supposed to be impartial and fair. This was not my experience as I naively had faith in the system despite being warned by 2 attorney's about her. I figured it was a hassle to switch judges and the facts would speak for themselves.

I had been granted "temporary sole decision making" regarding our 3 children after learning that my ex had received his 2nd EXTREME DUI in 4 years. My request was that I would retain sole decision making as it was clear that my ex wasn't making good decisions for himself so why should he have a say in making decisions on behalf of our children? My request WAS NOT to take away parenting time....just decision making.

Why is this significant? My ex likes to say no just because he has the power to. He is a controlling addict. Somehow the judge missed this or didn't even look. This is despite the fact that as evidence I showed that my ex had zero participation regarding or children's educations. This evidence included letters from school faculty, one of which was a former principal. These types of letters are not easy to obtain as people want to stay out of things. However, people were speaking on my behalf because knowing our situation they felt compelled to do so. I also had dozens of email exchanges regarding school and medical issues where I tried to coparent and communicate with my ex. Most of these emails were met with a nonresponse from him. So how does one coparent with someone who won't respond or will just say no? That is not right and Judge Steiner was COMPLETELY IRRESPONSIBLE in her ruling to reinstate joint decision making.

I think the reason she did so is because she was offput by me. My feeling was that she felt I was being sneaky by switching our oldest daughter to ASA during my temporary sole decision making period. I did this knowing my ex wasn't on board. However, he also hadn't educated himself as I invited him to information meetings about the school and offered to have conversations about what reservations he may have (these emails were submitted as evidence). As usual, he didn't respond to any of this but just implied he wasn't supportive of the switch. So when it came to court...he painted a picture that I switched against his will etc. The genius Judge Steiner didn't even dig deep asking any questions regarding his participation or lack thereof. Instead, she grilled me about perhaps waiting another year for our daughter to go there since my ex wasn't on board. It was PATHETIC and RIDICULOUS and she should be ASHAMED OF HERSELF for not using her brain and asking questions to uncover basic addict behavior. You are an educated woman Judge....I am passionate about my kids. My ex didn't pay a penny of child support for over a year and I have been holding it together the entire time. Your ruling gave him power that he doesn't deserve because he does not have our children's best interest. Any man that can and doesn't fulfill their financial obligations or other parenting obligations isn't thinking about his children. But you missed all of this because you were too busy being put off by me not wanting to wait another year to switch my daughter into ASA. You judged alright...you judged me....the passionate, amazing, warrior mama bear that I am. You were so far out of touch during this trial that you didn't even realize that my ex was slurring. You didn't even realize that no one (not even his wife) was there on his behalf. Things were right in front of you....just look at the black and white facts...and instead you made a most irrespirable ruling. A better person would provide me and my family a huge apology and perhaps some money towards my court fees. I hope moving forward you are able to judge what is black and white in front of you rather than your own personal bias.

I have used a few lawyers that I had been very unhappy with until I met Ronee. She is passionate and understands the law in great depth. If you are looking for a great family law attorney, Ronee is your lawyer!!!! I get immediate responses from her on any emails or phone calls. She takes my case seriously and understands my passion for my child.