Wood Law

"STAY AWAY! I won custody in 2017. My ex makes up things all the time and there is a long history in court documents of it. 2020 my ex files a motion saying my kid is autistic (he's not) and I'm ignoring it. The judge appoints her. She doesn't do any kind of investigation. Makes recommendations based on nothing and was more interested in taking away my rights than looking at the mom."

"Completely biased. Refuses to actually investigate anything that PROVES how abusive father is. Doesn’t care about domestic violence, absentee parenting or open DCFS cases. She needs to be investigated. Mrs. Wheeler-woods is not fit to be a GAL."

"Poor commination, I'm back in court with a different lawyer to go after back child support and I am basically getting divorced all over again because the wording in our divorce documents weren't correct and she lied straight to my face and said its over and nothing can be changed its all set in stone (Judge said the same thing)...clearly not. She proclaims to be a child advocate but now my children will be without a roof over their head. Because of her wording my ex doesn't have to pay a dime going forward only what he owes in back pay. We were married for 21yrs he should have to help pay for that long but she chose 10yrs and now its down to 3!!! Horrible!!!!!!!!!!!!"

"The so called GAL was terrible. I would not recommend her to anyone by any means. She did not do any sort of investigation within my case. No home visit, no calls were made to outside people that see the upbringing. Only spoke to the both of us for one hour each and my daughter for 1.5 hours and tried telling the court lies about me. Told me to stay out of my daughters life because I was the culprit of her issues. Stated she had a co dependancy on me even though I see her for 4 days a month. If I could rate her as a 0 I would. My ex even told her that I do not deserve any time with my daughter in which she told me this. She stated that anything that is discussed is not confidential but yet refused to give me any reports of her findings or communication that corresponds with her report for the judge. She spent 2.5 hours on the stand trying to pin me as the bad guy but when the judge went with his recommendation he clearly stated that she did not have a significant say in his final decision on my case, that was after she personally messaged the opposing counsels attorney to inform them that she was running late due to the ongoing flooding in the area. I only pray that she sees the harm that she could potentially be causing because of her inability to fully look into any matters within the family dynamic instead of being worried about charging and wasting everyones money."

"Absolutely terrible attorney, she was appointed the G.A.L. and did not do her job. She overcharged me and did not do what she was appointed for. And just a heads up for any of you single moms or dads looking for a g.a.l. or attorney to have your child's best interest at heart she most definitely does not just this month alone with four of her clients two of them had committed suicide the children of course and the other two children ended up in Linden Oaks so tell me if her recommendations are so great why are children committing suicide and ending up in the Linden Oaks. overall I was disappointed and angry that I had to spend so much money and she didn't even do her job without getting into the specifics of why I had to retain her services I can tell you that this lady should be your last resort I wouldn't use her at all I'm trying to spare you the heartache and save you a lot of money because that's all she's going to do is overcharge you and your children's best interests will not be at heart with her. When I overheard Jennifer wood telling another fellow attorney about the 2 children who committed suicide and the other 2 in Linden oaks I was saddened that her recommendation had been so negative and literally destroyed lives. How many lives has she destroyed?"