Here I'll give you free Dominican legal advice.. Settling this outside of a legal battle will cost you a fraction of the price and yield much better results.. Don't believe me, keep trying the Dominican "legal" system.
My experience with them was a bad one too! When I was going through my divorce went to the Guzman Ariza office in Sosua and was quoted 2500 USD for the whole process, begging to end, no matter how many audiencias or whatever, 2500 and that's it! Then after the second audiencia the lawyer told me I had to pay 2000$ more, the reason was that the ex's lawyer had appealed or something like that so my lawyer was gonna have to go to the court a few more times. I told him that I was quoted 2500$ all in, no matter what happens, he said either I pay the extra 2000 or he wouldn't represent me anymore. I paid because I wanted to get everything over with ASAP.
I'm sorry that you've had this bad experience with Guzmán Ariza. I can assure that our standards for client service, which have helped us become the largest firm in the country and the correspondent in the Dominican Republic of some of the largest law firms in the world, are not as you have experienced. Please let me know the names of attorneys you have dealt with. You can write to my personal email address (fguzman@drlawyer.com) or to complaints@drlawyer.com. Thank you.
This. Time heals all wounds. I would speak to the mother, make amends, get back on her good side. Women here fight to have the father (s) of their children in their life and here's a mother who doesn't want the father around?.
I'm not interested, but there's a back story here that's not being told.
Being a financially independent person of means living in Sosua, I would think sitting down and trying to mend the relationship would be a piece of cake.
After all, there was a point in time you were both sufficiently interested in each other to make a baby.
I know women here who have multiple children with multiple fathers, and they all act like one big happy family.
A person of your intelligence and understanding should be able to figure out how they do it.[/QUOTE
Not sure how to respond to this one. If there is a backstory, it is simply that I came here a fews years back, in around 2015 (living in NY). I met this girl, a vacation fling as it were, and saw her a couple times subsequently on other visits. Mistakes happen, we had a child.
I am here solely to be close to my daughter and love her and would do anything for her. The mother uses that and my means as you say, to get things from me. She uses my daughter to benefit herself. That's enough information as I will not go into any other messy details.
As far as your experience with Dominican families, I can assure you, she is nothing like that, and neither is her family. 'And I know them well.
This. Time heals all wounds. I would speak to the mother, make amends, get back on her good side. Women here fight to have the father (s) of their children in their life and here's a mother who doesn't want the father around?.
I'm not interested, but there's a back story here that's not being told.
Being a financially independent person of means living in Sosua, I would think sitting down and trying to mend the relationship would be a piece of cake.
After all, there was a point in time you were both sufficiently interested in each other to make a baby.
I know women here who have multiple children with multiple fathers, and they all act like one big happy family.
A person of your intelligence and understanding should be able to figure out how they do it.[/QUOTE
Not sure how to respond to this one. If there is a backstory, it is simply that I came here a fews years back, in around 2015 (living in NY). I met this girl, a vacation fling as it were, and saw her a couple times subsequently on other visits. Mistakes happen, we had a child.
I am here solely to be close to my daughter and love her and would do anything for her. The mother uses that and my means as you say, to get things from me. She uses my daughter to benefit herself. That's enough information as I will not go into any other messy details.
As far as your experience with Dominican families, I can assure you, she is nothing like that, and neither is her family. 'And I know them well.
this reply got mangled for some reason, let me try again
This. Time heals all wounds. I would speak to the mother, make amends, get back on her good side. Women here fight to have the father (s) of their children in their life and here's a mother who doesn't want the father around?.
I'm not interested, but there's a back story here that's not being told.
Being a financially independent person of means living in Sosua, I would think sitting down and trying to mend the relationship would be a piece of cake.
After all, there was a point in time you were both sufficiently interested in each other to make a baby.
I know women here who have multiple children with multiple fathers, and they all act like one big happy family.
A person of your intelligence and understanding should be able to figure out how they do it.
Please be advised,Guzman,is not the best firm in the Dominican Republic,even though it gets top billing here.
I am very curious, now. What is the "top firm" in the DR? I am presuming that this firm is the corresponding firm for Arnold & Porter; Covington & Burling; or Cravath, Swaine in the U.S. Most nationals, in any country, could not name the top law firms, let alone afford the hourly billing. Who do Fortune 100 firms use in the DR for local counsel? As a general matter, Guzman Ariza does not have to be the best; however, their international billings strongly suggest that they possess a reputation worthy of serving as local counsel to those outside the DR. I am done with this dead horse. This reminds me of a potential client who asked me if a U.S. fourth tier law school was a good law school. I responded thus: It all depends what you seek in a law school. While you may never be considered for a Supreme Court clerkship, you will became a lawyer who can find the bathrooms in the courthouse.
I am very curious, now. What is the "top firm" in the DR? I am presuming that this firm is the corresponding firm for Arnold & Porter; Covington & Burling; or Cravath, Swaine in the U.S. Most nationals, in any country, could not name the top law firms, let alone afford the hourly billing. Who do Fortune 100 firms use in the DR for local counsel? As a general matter, Guzman Ariza does not have to be the best; however, their international billings strongly suggest that they possess a reputation worthy of serving as local counsel to those outside the DR. I am done with this dead horse. This reminds me of a potential client who asked me if a U.S. fourth tier law school was a good law school. I responded thus: It all depends what you seek in a law school. While you may never be considered for a Supreme Court clerkship, you will became a lawyer who can find the bathrooms in the courthouse.
I am very curious, now. What is the "top firm" in the DR? I am presuming that this firm is the corresponding firm for Arnold & Porter; Covington & Burling; or Cravath, Swaine in the U.S. Most nationals, in any country, could not name the top law firms, let alone afford the hourly billing. Who do Fortune 100 firms use in the DR for local counsel? As a general matter, Guzman Ariza does not have to be the best; however, their international billings strongly suggest that they possess a reputation worthy of serving as local counsel to those outside the DR. I am done with this dead horse. This reminds me of a potential client who asked me if a U.S. fourth tier law school was a good law school. I responded thus: It all depends what you seek in a law school. While you may never be considered for a Supreme Court clerkship, you will became a lawyer who can find the bathrooms in the courthouse.
unless you're talking 1 million US+ if you are using an attorney you are just making people that don't deserve to be rich rich. just my humble opinion..
Please be advised,Guzman,is not the best firm in the Dominican Republic,even though it gets top billing here.
I always laugh when I hear someone talking about a 4million DR house and a small mantencion hiring a lawyer, basically you're giving money away to judges and attorneys instead of just coming to an agreement that's cheaper and more amicable for everyone involved.
Of course, this does not mean that sometimes, despite all our efforts and internal controls, things don’t turn out as planned. Even then, however, unlike many firms in the Dominican Republic (and abroad), at Guzmán Ariza we don’t shy away from listening to dissatisfied clients, learning from them, and, whenever possible, trying to make amends.
Definitely Pellerina & Herrerra for corporate. Probably really good at other stuff too.
