Inquiring_Mind_
Junior Member
Can someone tell me if we have grounds to sue our lawyer that we paid a retainer fee to for an private, independent adoption situation, in which we were paying for the birth mother's monthly expenses. The firm's private investigator never found a criminal record on this individual. There were many red flags with this birth mother, and it was always about money. She contacted us--we began a relationship over the phone and emails daily, and she stated she wanted us to adopt her newborn baby.
Please note--that the birth mother and I connected on our own, via an posted advertisement, and we started telephone and email relationship. Several weeks following, I obtained the lawyer, as we didn't feel comfortable sending the BM money without legal involvement.
Well, on my own, after strenuous internet research, I discovered that this BM had other alias' and had been scamming childless couples out of money for many, many years and had been in federal prison more than once.
Following constant pressure for more wire-transfers to pay for the Birth Mother's monthly expenses, we obtained a lawyer, paid the retainer fee, and all along this person had to have been scamming us--I found article after article after article on this scam artists, and she nearly killed my marriage.
I just made this discovery the other day and left call after call after call for the lawyer. When she eventually returned my call, she wanted to know the manner in which my investigation uncovered all this valuable information, yet her own private investigator or firm never uncovered the BM's criminal history.
Now we are out $6,300.00, and we are far from well off. This has broke us financially, emotionally and mentally and has nearly cost us our marriage. This is the worse feeling in the world.
PLEASE ADVISE!
tHANKS!
Please note--that the birth mother and I connected on our own, via an posted advertisement, and we started telephone and email relationship. Several weeks following, I obtained the lawyer, as we didn't feel comfortable sending the BM money without legal involvement.
Well, on my own, after strenuous internet research, I discovered that this BM had other alias' and had been scamming childless couples out of money for many, many years and had been in federal prison more than once.
Following constant pressure for more wire-transfers to pay for the Birth Mother's monthly expenses, we obtained a lawyer, paid the retainer fee, and all along this person had to have been scamming us--I found article after article after article on this scam artists, and she nearly killed my marriage.
I just made this discovery the other day and left call after call after call for the lawyer. When she eventually returned my call, she wanted to know the manner in which my investigation uncovered all this valuable information, yet her own private investigator or firm never uncovered the BM's criminal history.
Now we are out $6,300.00, and we are far from well off. This has broke us financially, emotionally and mentally and has nearly cost us our marriage. This is the worse feeling in the world.
PLEASE ADVISE!
tHANKS!
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