Let me add my complaint to the list . It is pretty much the same as the rest . Called about the children as I need help with gaining custody of my grand children . They were sweet as sacrine when we first spoke on the phone. Very concerned and very willing to help. Stated that they would deliver the needed court documents to secure the custody of the kids in family court . As soon as they got my credit card number the caring attitude stopped , as did the return phone calls. after filling out the paperwork they sent me and returning same to them ,several attempts to contact them met with negitive results . Messages were left via voicemail , emails were sent , all to no avail. After several days of waiting we received the documents and rushed to the family court to file them. Once we handed them to the county clerk ,we were told that the documents were insufficient and would not be read by the judge as presented to the clerk . numerous attempts were made to contact them but they never responded back to our calls or e-mails . After paying them almost six hundred dollars for the useless paperwork we were forced to hire a local attorney who secured the paperwork needed in one business day . In my opinion this firm is a scam and feeds on vulnerable and stressed out families who are in the middle of a crisis in order to get their pound of flesh . I have read many of these complaints about this firm , unfortunately too late and also the crap they have posted in rebuttal . If it were not for the vast number of complaints , they might be able to BS their way out of them but the numbers don't lie. Don't waste your money like I did . Hire a lawyer first so you do not have to pay both the lawyer and them.
On May1, 2017 I entered into an agreement with ATC LLC., for them to draft a Custody Pleading and Order for me. I only hired them because I had special items that needed to be inserted and I wasnt sure where to enter those request. There was a packet for Pro-Se for $5.00 at my local Law Library.
They drafted a payment of $388.00 which was a down payment on a flat fee of $688.00 for their service. To this day they have pulled a total of $898.00 from my account. I used my Debit Card for this trancaction.
On May 4th, 2017 I filled out their interview sheet and submitted those things I needed skillfully added into the Pleading. No reply. I assumed they had got all the documents I had sent and emailed and called to inquire if they did.....No answer or Reply to email
On May 26th, 2017 I received a roguh draft and to my surprise none of the request were in the rough draft and there was a minor typo in the pleading as well but seeing as though the special items werent there I inquired again about did they get all the paperwork I sent. This was my last correspondence from them. not a document I could print and take to court but one with rough draft splashed all over it.
I began to call them to see whats up....No answer and no return call. In one call I left a message to just forget it. I assumed since I cancelled their service the only way I could in light of their relutance to return calls or emails by leaveing a voice mail that they would no longer draft money from my account.
As I had already started the case in March the courts sent me a letter informing me in June that I needed to file the orders or risk dismissal. It had been months and I still hadnt received anything from ATC so when I went to talk to the Judge I went to the Law Library and bought the packet and filled it out and set the hearing myself.
I think you intend to committ fraud when you cannot do a job professionally but you take a clients money and then just down right stealing to take more than agreed upon in the written agreement you produced. To charge $688. for something that cost $5 ought to be a 1st degree felony.
So November 4, I noticed on my bank account them drafting amounts we didnt agree to after they did not even provide me a usable product.
$900.00 later I dont have a finished document to view for approval or to file in Court. Nor any reason to feel like this company exist for any reason other than to rob people with little legal knowledge.
November 14, 2017 I sent them a demand email for return in full of all my money since they never produced me a document to sign off on, one that was to my approval so that I could submit it to the Court
Bottom line from May 1, 2017 to November 14, 2014 I have not received any document at all from ATC LLC., that I have seen or approved or that didnt have "rough draft" watermarked on it but this company of theives has drafted the agreed amount plus moneies not agreed upon forcing me to close my account.
About the children are scam artist...I came across them by accident. I called and talk and they told me the price of 690 dollars to get get my paper work and at minimum I would get visitation for my son..well first off they sent me to the wrong place to even file the paper work..secondly once I got to the right place I found that every single thing they sent me was never used for court in the state of Illinois.. I got the right paper work from the clerk at the cost house.it ended up being only 3 sheets instead of 10 ABC sent.however I had to pay 420..I called about the children and told them the paper work they gave me was unusable and that I had to pay 420 dollars for the right paper work. The lady Lisa got all snide and told me they don't give refunds, which I was never told before hand..so I basically paid them 690 to do absolutely zilch other than talk good enough until I paid them....these people are doing nothing more than taking advantage of parents willing to do anything to see their child(ren).
About The Children, LLC Reviews
Let me add my complaint to the list . It is pretty much the same as the rest . Called about the children as I need help with gaining custody of my grand children . They were sweet as sacrine when we first spoke on the phone. Very concerned and very willing to help. Stated that they would deliver the needed court documents to secure the custody of the kids in family court . As soon as they got my credit card number the caring attitude stopped , as did the return phone calls. after filling out the paperwork they sent me and returning same to them ,several attempts to contact them met with negitive results . Messages were left via voicemail , emails were sent , all to no avail. After several days of waiting we received the documents and rushed to the family court to file them. Once we handed them to the county clerk ,we were told that the documents were insufficient and would not be read by the judge as presented to the clerk . numerous attempts were made to contact them but they never responded back to our calls or e-mails . After paying them almost six hundred dollars for the useless paperwork we were forced to hire a local attorney who secured the paperwork needed in one business day . In my opinion this firm is a scam and feeds on vulnerable and stressed out families who are in the middle of a crisis in order to get their pound of flesh . I have read many of these complaints about this firm , unfortunately too late and also the crap they have posted in rebuttal . If it were not for the vast number of complaints , they might be able to BS their way out of them but the numbers don't lie. Don't waste your money like I did . Hire a lawyer first so you do not have to pay both the lawyer and them.
On May1, 2017 I entered into an agreement with ATC LLC., for them to draft a Custody Pleading and Order for me. I only hired them because I had special items that needed to be inserted and I wasnt sure where to enter those request. There was a packet for Pro-Se for $5.00 at my local Law Library.
They drafted a payment of $388.00 which was a down payment on a flat fee of $688.00 for their service. To this day they have pulled a total of $898.00 from my account. I used my Debit Card for this trancaction.
On May 4th, 2017 I filled out their interview sheet and submitted those things I needed skillfully added into the Pleading. No reply. I assumed they had got all the documents I had sent and emailed and called to inquire if they did.....No answer or Reply to email
On May 26th, 2017 I received a roguh draft and to my surprise none of the request were in the rough draft and there was a minor typo in the pleading as well but seeing as though the special items werent there I inquired again about did they get all the paperwork I sent. This was my last correspondence from them. not a document I could print and take to court but one with rough draft splashed all over it.
I began to call them to see whats up....No answer and no return call. In one call I left a message to just forget it. I assumed since I cancelled their service the only way I could in light of their relutance to return calls or emails by leaveing a voice mail that they would no longer draft money from my account.
As I had already started the case in March the courts sent me a letter informing me in June that I needed to file the orders or risk dismissal. It had been months and I still hadnt received anything from ATC so when I went to talk to the Judge I went to the Law Library and bought the packet and filled it out and set the hearing myself.
I think you intend to committ fraud when you cannot do a job professionally but you take a clients money and then just down right stealing to take more than agreed upon in the written agreement you produced. To charge $688. for something that cost $5 ought to be a 1st degree felony.
So November 4, I noticed on my bank account them drafting amounts we didnt agree to after they did not even provide me a usable product.
$900.00 later I dont have a finished document to view for approval or to file in Court. Nor any reason to feel like this company exist for any reason other than to rob people with little legal knowledge.
November 14, 2017 I sent them a demand email for return in full of all my money since they never produced me a document to sign off on, one that was to my approval so that I could submit it to the Court
Bottom line from May 1, 2017 to November 14, 2014 I have not received any document at all from ATC LLC., that I have seen or approved or that didnt have "rough draft" watermarked on it but this company of theives has drafted the agreed amount plus moneies not agreed upon forcing me to close my account.
About the children are scam artist...I came across them by accident. I called and talk and they told me the price of 690 dollars to get get my paper work and at minimum I would get visitation for my son..well first off they sent me to the wrong place to even file the paper work..secondly once I got to the right place I found that every single thing they sent me was never used for court in the state of Illinois.. I got the right paper work from the clerk at the cost house.it ended up being only 3 sheets instead of 10 ABC sent.however I had to pay 420..I called about the children and told them the paper work they gave me was unusable and that I had to pay 420 dollars for the right paper work. The lady Lisa got all snide and told me they don't give refunds, which I was never told before hand..so I basically paid them 690 to do absolutely zilch other than talk good enough until I paid them....these people are doing nothing more than taking advantage of parents willing to do anything to see their child(ren).