Most dishonest and self serving GAL we had the misfortune of being assigned to.

Instead of helping my 9 year who suffers from ADHD, ODD and anxiety and (Now PTSS), thanks to HIM. She reported to me and him that she was being mistreated by her dad.

Umpleby continued to allow her to stay with her dad, resulting in a split lip from her dad slapping her face very hard, bruising on her arms and a lump on her head that lasted 6 DAYS from her dad pushing her against a wall.

I took her to our pediatrician and she reported it all to CPS, still Umpleby did nothing! He didn’t believe my daughter or the doctor!

3 long miserable years of him trying to pit my ex and I against each other, instead of trying to help us make reasonable and civil compromises.

The worst part is what it did to our children’s relationship, they started fighting because my other daughter is very quiet and knew how to appease her dad while the other was being emotionally and physically harmed, while the other witnessed it but was afraid to talk in fear it would happen to her next.
You can only imagine the unhealthy and damaging affects on both of them.
My daughter began to pull out her eyelashes, eyebrows and hair on her head from the extreme stress she was under.

Umpleby sided with my ex( he apparently does not like women) at one point he told me to stop talking and I drive him nuts!
My ex took the kids his weekends up to a campground 45 miles from his home, but Umpleby said it was reasonable that I should have to go there to pick them up when our agreement said pick ups were at our homes.
Very unprofessional, vindictive and heartless!

Imagine having to tell your 9 year old that is being harmed that she has to go back where she wasn’t safe?!

Police were told she was difficult and her dad was nearly trying to restrain her
Never did she come to his house after being with me with cuts, bruises, split lips or lumps from being pushed against a wall. I could deal with her behaviors in approach ways.

I was given the services of an excellent lawyer in the hope of settling this by
The CEO of cousins subs who was my employer. She knew what I was going through and felt terrible for me, she wanted to help by getting her lawyer involved for me and my girls

Greg was able to resolve our differences in 1 and 1/2 DAYS!!!!
Greg presented the agreement to the court that next day, DONE!
The judge dismissed Umpleby at that point and we only had to pay him a fraction of what he was trying to get from us .

Very very sad that a so called professional assigned to a family could make things worse because he wanted to line his pockets!!