Complaint Review: Diane Van Ness P.A. - Miami Florida

Yes, Diane did this in my cases, too. She violated these and more statutes. She will never admit it. She will always say the professionals are incompetent and unethical, and that the parents are incompetent, mentally ill, or 'thankless' as she said on her rebuttal on this site. But the truth is, I for one can come forward in any court of law with all of these facts regarding her violations. It sounds like others on this site can, too. Diane fabricated quotes and paraphrases by professionals, who denied having ever said any such thing to her. She basically 'created' false cases, to make herself look powerful in my opinion. She also broke off all natural contact with parents and children for years. She refused any and all contact with the children's psychologist, trying to hide from the court that this doctor insists there was absolutely no child abuse in this case. She would not let families speak even by phone until large sums of money were paid to her by the first of every month, even though the parents did not earn enough to pay like this. She would not report to the court that these cases should have been pro bono. No guardian ad litem is allowed to do this. And no attorney guardian ad litem can serve as BOTH attorney and guardian ad litem at the same time for a minor child, as per Florida statute. She claims in her rebuttal on this site to lecture about guardian ad litem issues. Does she lecture about these? And yes, she committed these demands in writing to me, too. I, too, don't know why any attorney would put these demands in writing. Diane remains in complete 'control' of her stories. Some of her cases never had so much as one evidentiary hearing. She creates her cases based on non-evidentiary status conferences ONLY. And typically with one judge only. In my opinion, she is not able to be an objective professional. Objectivity is required by statute in guardian ad litem cases. I ask that future families and pros be careful for the sake of children. Anonymous Law Aventura, Florida U.S.A.

I signed up to receive any and all reports about Diane Van Ness over two years ago. Thank g-d, people are finally starting to come forward. It's been a long wait. This is a very powerful woman. People have been shut into silence by her incessant threats, including financial threats, and other vindictive ways she would harm them, including not being allowed to see their own children, and including threatening the professionals with their practices and their reputations. It's fairly easy to have a good rating. Any and all complaints against Diane Van Ness get dismissed right away, largely through her own connections. She, herself, sits on some of these ethics committees, if that gives you any insight. If a parent has to pay Diane Van Ness $40,000 per quarter in advance, or he is not allowed to see his children, does Diane Van Ness consider this ethical or legal behavior? How would she address this question in one of her very few lectures? If a parent has to pay Diane Van Ness more than he or she earns, and then with whatever money is leftover, he or she can use it to pay for supervised visits with the children (and clearly there is nothing leftover), does Diane Van Ness consider this ethical or legal behavior? How would she address this in her lecture? If a guardian files false reports, and refuses to file the real reports, including doctor's reports, does Diane consider this to be ethical or legal? If a guardian doesn't let the parent see the children for months at a time while the guardian is awaiting her own payment, after making her payment fee higher than what can be earned, is this ethical or legal? If a guardian blocks a court-ordered re-evaluation of a parent for 1 1/2 years - yes, you heard that right - for 1 1/2 years - while the children are literally begging to be with the parent, is that considered ethical or legal? Especially when the only reason to block the court order was purely because the guardian will be shown in re-evaluation that she was completely wrong about this parent? If a guardian refuses to sign off of a case for years at a time, even though both parents have signed her off, until she gets an additional check for thousands of dollars, is that considered ethical or legal? Is a guardian allowed to go into a courtroom and state that the parent is not paying her, has abandoned the children, and other horror stories... when in fact the guardian is completely making up these statements from scratch? Is that ethical or legal? Does keeping up a straight face to these judges change the facts? Does writing the rebuttal Diane wrote here, which never addressed any of her own actions but addressed rhetorical law, change any of what she has done to destroy innocent families in Miami-Dade County? We do need a change. We need an oversight committee for attorney guardians like this. I hope more of these parents speak up. And, yes, I agree, there is something strange about her rebuttal being titled "On Behalf of Guardians Ad Litem in High Conflict Cases," as if she is their spokesperson. So g-d-like, isn't it?