Christopher D. Dingell

This judge went my entire case with the goal of reunification, for 18 months. I did the classes, several times actually. At the last few court dates my biological mother whim my child was placed with, was pushing for TPR. She'd been having conversations with anyone that would listen & convincing them that this is what needed to happen. She was the driving force of my entire case & I truly believe that Judge Dingell wouldn't have terminated my rights if my mother wasn't allowed to manipulate & be involved in the case. It wasn't her case she shouldn't have been. However I will say this, the last thing I remember Judge Dingell saying was "I do not wish to terminate anyone's rights but your mother is standing here pushing to adopt your child who has been with her for a year & a half." The entire case I kept trying to speak up for my own rights & was continuously convinced I had none. I didn't hurt or neglect my child. I had depression going through a divorce.

This judge is good in one and only one aspect of his rullings, he's not TPR happy and really does resist the urge of literally the whole CPS machine to TPR people. Other than that he does absolutely nothing to address issues with cases. He demands nothing from CPS and worse still inforces nothing nor does he discipline CPS officials or parental attorneys for not following his orders or the rule of law. He also rubber stamps everything that CPS asks for regardless of case except TPR.