above and beyond for us, and for that we are
truly grateful. Our battle was tough and she
fought to the very end for "our" little boy.
We had an amazing ending to our
battle; Custody was awarded to my husband (dad)
and myself (step-mom). We owe it all to Chris.
She is truly a blessing to our family!!
P. & J.S. Chesapeake, Virginia
The attorney fees have long been paid, but I am
forever indebted to
Christine Jaigobind. Chris became my attorney,
friend and savior during
the
most desperate time of my life. I faced losing
my young daughters in an
extremely toxic custody battle and had been
notified of their mother's
intention to relocate with the girls to a city
over five hours away. Prior
to Chris taking over the case, it appeared all
hope was lost. Things were
spinning out of control. My former attorney was
convinced we would lose
and had prepared me for defeat. Two days prior
to my scheduled court date, he went on vacation.
It was over that long weekend that we first
heard from
Chris. Concerned about the case she had just
been "handed," Chris asked
questions, dug for details, interviewed
witnesses, read documents and
concluded that this was no ordinary custody
battle. Though new to the area
and facing several of the finest family law
attorneys in our region, Chris
fought for me as though the girls were her own.
She was dedicated, committed
and involved. It's been over five years since
the judge ruled in my favor.
Today, my daughters are happy, well-adjusted
honor students. Their biological mother did
indeed relocate. Sadly, she has not visited the
girls since the final ruling. Custody laws are
based upon what's in the best
interest of the child, but that can be difficult
for a judge to ascertain
given the muddied waters of litigation. Chris
forced our judge and
guardian
ad litem to look beyond the obvious. Words
cannot express the depth of my gratitude.
G.U.N. Norfolk, Virginia
I have nothing but high praises for Christine
Jaigobind. I'll never forget the fact that she
took time out of her busy schedule and
personally came to my home for prepare us for
trial on the Sunday before the Monday that was
set for our custody hearing. As far as I am
concerned, she went and continues to go, far
above the call of duty. She takes each case
personally and more or less becomes a part of
the family she is representing. Her strong
religious convictions play a huge part in how
she treats each case in her desire to want to do
what is right. She displays a strong and
limitless conviction where children are
concerned. Anyone that has had the pleasure of
having her represent them is fortunate indeed.
She may be outspoken at times but only because
she feels she must be heard when she knows a
wrong is being committed. I feel most fortunate
in having had her represent my granddaughter and
me in what was perhaps our darkest hour. God’s
hand was in the outcome of the court hearing
and He knew what was right and was testing us
as He has made it possible for us to now have
custody of our granddaughter. God only gives
us so much as we can handle and when we have
passed His test, He answers our prayers. God
bless you Christine, as I know He has blessed
us.
J.M.S., Virginia
Beach, Virginia
What can I say about Christine Jaigobind? The
woman is not only the best attorney that I have
ever met, but I consider her family now from all
that she has done for my daughter and
mer. Living in Seattle, I found myself facing a
horrible situation with hardly any money, and
not a clue who to call on in Virginia Beach
since that is where my daughter resided. I call
it fate, maybe luck, but after only speaking to
a few attorneys in the area, Christine came
across as the one that was most knowledgeable of
the law, and most sincere in her work. From day
one, Christine took control of the situation and
put more effort into my case (custody,
visitation and child support) then I could hope
for. If there is one thing that puts Christine
above the rest, it would be that I felt she
actually cared for my daughter and me and truly
put her personal life on hold to fight for what
was right. With money being tight, it didn't
seem to matter to her as much as to taking a
horrible situation and making it better.
Regardless of my outcome, I was given the chance
to reunite with the one that is ever so dear to
me and always will be. If it wasn't for
Christine, that would never have happened and
the short time I did get to spend with my
daughter was and always will be the best times
in my life. I thank you from the bottom of my
heart for all that you did to help my daughter
and me have a normal life together.
R.M., Berkeley,
California
Christine is one of the most incredible people
that we have ever met. We came to find
Christine through the Internet. We live in
California – my husband is active duty military
– and needed to find a lawyer to help us with
our visitation hearing with my husband’s
ex-wife. We hired Christine sight unseen. From
the first time I talked to Christine on the
phone I got a feeling in my heart that she was a
true and genuine person. I knew in my heart
that she would fight for us to the end no matter
how long it took. She has stood by us through
the good and the bad. She has cried with us
when it was bad and smiled with us when it was
good. Our case has had its ups and downs and
Christine has always been nothing but honest.
She has fought hard for us. She would go to
court for us when we couldn't. She would spend
hours on the phone with us to help us through
the process because we live so far away. She
took time out of her schedule just to meet with
us when we came to town for a visit and
rearranged more of her schedule just to help us
out with our case. She even called me (stepmom))
on the phone and helped me through some hard
times on her own time. She held me up and
encouraged me when I didn't think that I could
handle the stress anymore. She has become
more to us then just a lawyer. She has become
one of our friends. We don't think she
understands the words "give up". She never quit
fighting for us and we could never repay her for
what she did. We still are fighting our battle
and we know that Christine will be there every
step of the way. Her integrity and honesty are
incredible. She fights for what she believes is
right. She is a great mother, person and friend
and we are very lucky to have found her. God
bless you Christine.
B. & C.S.,
California
My story is a one of a typical military marriage
where my wife, who was pregnant, was stationed
in Virginia and I was stationed in Florida, and
couldn’t get transferred to be with her. The
story was typical until the baby was born and my
wife drove to Florida, dropped him off with me
when he was five weeks old and didn't come
back. Well, she didn't come back until I filed
for divorce and she decided it would look better
for her in a custody battle if she had
possession of our 5-month old baby. So even
though I filed for divorce in Florida, my wife
filed for custody in Virginia because that is
where he was born. That is where Ms. Jaigobind
came in. I had no idea how or where to find an
attorney in Virginia so with the help of my
family, I went to the Internet. Chris had only
a couple of weeks (during the Thanksgiving
holidays) to prepare and did she ever! She
advised me that I didn't have to travel 20 hours
with a small baby in bad weather for the
upcoming custody hearing in Virginia. She made
a “special appearance” on my behalf asked the
judge for special consideration based on
everything I had told her on the phone, mail and
email. And even though my wife showed up for the
hearing in Virginia and the judge had the
discretion to choose between hearing the case in
Virginia or deferring jurisdiction to the
Florida court, she convinced him that justice
would be served if he allowed the Florida court
to decide the custody case. She was
wonderful. She knew just what to say and do. I
will be forever in her debt.
Not only did she win for me in Virginia, but I
am certain it has been her prayers that help
push me through every day of being a single dad
in the Navy and 1,000 miles away from my family.
I have since won full legal custody of my son
and my ex-wife has seen the baby once in four
months. I know God was leading me when he
pointed me in the direction of Ms. Jaigobind. I
have never met her, but feel her presence every
day.
J.D., Jacksonville,
Florida
We came to know Christine through a custody
battle that seemed to last forever. It
all started when my husband’s son’s mother
called my husband and told him she was moving to
New York and taking their son with her. At this
news, I got on the Internet and did a search for
local attorneys. Christine’s name was there
along with about three or four dozen other
names. I was a bit overwhelmed, but this
website offered a chat room so I thought I might
could get some better answers or at least
someone’s opinion. Someone suggested this lady
with the crazy name, whose first name is
“Christine” and said she was the best lawyer
they had seen fight for a family. I looked in
the phone book and figured that “Jaigobind” must
be the crazy name she was talking about. I am
not sure what to call it other than divine, but
I felt like this must be the one to help us. I
called and left a message that Friday evening,
but by the time Monday came my stepson’s mother
had decided to let us keep him. So we didn’t
think we needed a lawyer until later. It was
after the holidays that we had come to the
realization that my husband needed to have some
kind of legal custody of his son, if something
was to happen since he only had visitation as
agreed to by the child’s mother. So we filed
the papers for custody. The child’s mother then
totally changed her story and said that she
didn’t tell us that she agreed to give us
custody and filed in court to take him back.
Through a court mix-up due to the court being
closed for a snow day, somehow the mother got
the court to grant her custody back because we
did not know to appear on that day. We then
had to turn this little boy over to his mother
who he hadn’t seen in months and she took him
from his dad, brothers and sisters and went to
New York. Not only did we have to fight to
regain physical custody of the child, but we
were also fighting to keep the mother from
taking the child to live in upstate New York!
To make a very long story a little shorter, we
thought we could represent ourselves, but that
was not the case. So I told my husband about my
experience in the chat room and that this lady
had to be our lawyer. After our initial meeting
with Christine my husband and I both were
convinced there really wasn’t anybody else who
could win this case for us but Christine. She
worked with us so closely, supporting us,
comforting us, but never giving us any false
hope. She worked with us legally and
emotionally preparing us for the battle. She
worked late into the evening when the judge
ordered that we try and get the case done as
quickly as possible; she juggled her on life to
help us preserve ours. When we went to trial
(it was several days), one trial day lasted
until almost 10 p.m.! She never gave up on our
fight even when it didn’t seem like we had much
hope. We never felt as if she were “just doing
her job” but that she was truly fighting for our
family. Christine won our impossible case for us
and has been extremely supportive in more ways
than that of our attorney; we still keep in
contact with her through e-mails, cards and even
the occasional phone call, when she has time.
We feel that we will never be able to repay her
for all that she has done and given to our
family
C. & K.A., Chesapeake, VA
|
