Child Custory Testimonial

I’m Victoria Belinsky. Megan actually did some post-decree custody work for me. Last April, my ex-husband put his hands on my child in a way that was absolutely not okay. As a result, I ended up withholding visitation because my kids just didn’t feel safe going with him, which then led to a number of other issues. So I came to Megan and said, ‘I need help with all of this.

We ended up going to court because I was accused of being in contempt for keeping the kids from his visitation. Throughout the entire process, I’ve had to lean on Megan to help keep me grounded. She’s done an amazing job of protecting my peace of mind and helping me manage all the stress and anxiety that came with everything. She’s been an incredible person to turn to and say, ‘Okay, now this has happened — where do we go from here?

She’s always gotten back to me in a really timely response, which helps in this kind of situation. I would trust her with anything I needed moving forward, and actually we’re still kind of going through it right now. So it’s just helped to figure out what our next steps are to keep my kids safe, to keep them from feeling like they’re the problem and it’s all because of them. That’s just kind of where we’re at.

And I needed somebody who was willing to travel outside the state or outside the city of Omaha. I also needed someone willing to take my case seriously, because a lot of the attorneys I reached out to didn’t want to travel if the case wasn’t in Douglas or Sarpy County. That was really challenging for me.

I also needed someone willing to handle the complexity of what was going on post-decree, because this wasn’t just a simple, open-and-shut case. There were going to be many instances where we would likely have to go to court, communicate with the court, and deal with a number of other issues related to my case

And I mean, like I said, it’s been a year and we’re still going through it. And I have been able to reach out to Megan on the weekends and say, you know, ‘Hey, this just happened. This just popped off. What should I do now? What will keep me out of more trouble?’ Just because the situation gets scary. It gets scary when you’re co-parenting and your kids are terrified to go. They don’t want to go, but they’re 10, so they technically can’t talk to the judge and tell the judge or write to the judge. So I needed somebody like Megan who was willing to step in and say, ‘Judge, this is what’s going on,’ and have my kids’ best interest at heart.

Megan was recommended to me. I actually first came to Frank with my situation and he said, ‘Unfortunately, I’m not taking on anything right now, but here’s one of our other associates and she’s amazing’. So, I met Megan and from the first meeting, she just felt like somebody you could relate to. With my previous attorney, it was very, ‘This is what we’re doing. This is [blah blah blah]. Now, move on’. But with Megan, she talked me through the whole process. She talked me through possible outcomes and where she would go from here.

So, she made it very easy for me to understand what was coming next, what I was possibly facing, and what steps we could take after my contempt issue was addressed to continue moving forward. At the time, it felt like I was being held in contempt because I didn’t send the kids for visitation, but there didn’t seem to be any way out of the situation we were in. They were still expected to go with him, even though they were terrified.

She truly felt like someone I could trust. I could share all of my concerns and information with her and know that she always had my best interests at heart. I would recommend her to anyone going through a divorce or post-decree matters like custody modifications, because she genuinely cares.