Be careful choosing your child representative and more importantly stay away from Corey Bandes! Corey Bandes was my child’s representative. I wish I had something good to say about him and more important I wish he would’ve had my child’s best interest in mind as his job requires. From the beginning he sided with my ex-wife’s attorney and never had he listen to my child expressed concerns to him. When I asked to be able to talk to my child more on the phone Corey Bandes input was that when he was a little boy he barely talked to his father and he was ok with that. How is this in the best interest of my child? This was only one example that proves Corey Bandes lack of professionalism to say the least not to mention other issues. A child needs both parents equally especially that I was willing and able to invest my time and effort in raising my child. Corey Bandes sole purpose was to please all the legal actors involved instead of truly listening to my child’s desire and concerns that my child expressed to him on multiple occasions. This should’ve been Corey Bandes job description to listen and investigate my child’s concerns but he didn’t do it instead he immediately jumped to the conclusion that I have coached my child into saying those things. If the court suggests that you need a child representative more known as Guardian ad Litem then please do yourself a favor and look for someone else and make sure you do your research into your child representative (GAL) because you will be stuck with this person and their recommendations to the court. Everyone has to eat, but if you're going to give this kind of power over people's lives, you better do it responsibly and more important be objective as possible. That was definitely not my experience with Corey Bandes, to put it mildly.
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Corey Bandes was my child’s representative. I wish I had something good to say about him and more important I wish he would’ve had my child’s best interest in mind as his job requires. From the beginning he sided with my ex-wife’s attorney and never had he listen to my child expressed concerns to him. When I asked to be able to talk to my child more on the phone Corey Bandes input was that when he was a little boy he barely talked to his father and he was ok with that. How is this in the best interest of my child? This was only one example that proves Corey Bandes lack of professionalism to say the least not to mention other issues. A child needs both parents equally especially that I was willing and able to invest my time and effort in raising my child. Corey Bandes sole purpose was to please all the legal actors involved instead of truly listening to my child’s desire and concerns that my child expressed to him on multiple occasions. This should’ve been Corey Bandes job description to listen and investigate my child’s concerns but he didn’t do it instead he immediately jumped to the conclusion that I have coached my child into saying those things. If the court suggests that you need a child representative more known as Guardian ad Litem then please do yourself a favor and look for someone else and make sure you do your research into your child representative (GAL) because you will be stuck with this person and their recommendations to the court. Everyone has to eat, but if you're going to give this kind of power over people's lives, you better do it responsibly and more important be objective as possible. That was definitely not my experience with Corey Bandes, to put it mildly.