Opinion ID: 2061075
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Heading: FactsCount IV.

Text: Alexander represented Kevin Garret (Kevin) in a dissolution of marriage action brought by his spouse, Heather Garret (Heather). Heather was represented by attorney Michael Vinyard. On July 19, 1995, Alexander filed eleven affidavits in support of her client's application for temporary custody of the parties' two children. Included was her written professional statement relating a conversation with Nan Hyde, a child abuse investigator for the department of human services. Hyde had been appointed by the court to make an investigation but had not completed her investigation at the time set for the hearing. The professional statement declared Hyde advised [Kevin and his parents] not to allow Heather to have contact with the children until the investigation was completed. The court ordered that custody continue until the filing of the investigative report. After receiving the report, the court entered an order granting temporary custody of the children to Kevin. Heather filed an application for reconsideration of the order. She alleged Alexander had submitted a series of materially false, misleading, and inaccurate statements to the court. These included Alexander's professional statement and her August 3, 1995 letter to Heather's counsel reporting contact by a Bloomfield police officer. The letter stated Heather did not have appropriate car seats for the children and that the Bloomfield police officer said he would not allow the children to be taken without them. At a hearing on the application for reconsideration Hyde denied she had stated to Alexander that Heather should be denied contact with the children until the investigation was completed. Hyde's thought was that neither party should have contact with the children alone. Alexander stated to the court that she had requested Judge Morrison to amend her written professional statement to add the word alone at the time the professional statement was offered. As to the letter, Bloomfield police officer Morrow testified he did not tell Alexander that Heather could not take the children without car seats.