Marjorie J Ospeck, LCSW

This is not for Ms. Ospeck, but for old lady bitch Maryanne C. who is also full of BS, who works for San Diego County Family Social Services. Two weeks ago this woman and a sheriff paid us a visit in Julian and since we don’t have children in the home this was because I raised my voice to my husband which was of no one’s business… MYOB! It is because of this member of the Gestapo that I have gone out of my way to tell every little child that I meet or know that there are bad people at social services who like Ms. Maryanne C. will only hurt you physically and mentally (like Hitler’s Gestapo), but they will also take Mommy and Daddy away where you will never see them again, and possibly you if you are not good; if she or her Social Services people come to your home (I have told them to run and hide from these bad people who like to harm little kids and their parents)…it was so very humiliating and uncalled for, but she was a very rude insulting old woman (she sat there calling my husband a lair when I told her he built our log home, not once but twice did she do this… what a witch) who sat there harassing me as she was, or is very good at intimidation. My son, Jamie Bastien, was responsible for reporting us… according to him (he has anger issues), this had nothing to do with my raising my voice to his Dad, but he did this in vengeance from years ago with what he thought happened when disciplined as a child. He is a U.S. Naval Officer and is not a Officer and Gentleman! You people at Social Services, aka, family destroyers, should do alote more research before coming into homes where you destroy people and assuming the worst with such glee and happiness as you create havoc and destroy their lives! If there is a next time I WILL take legal action against you as you NEVER took our side of the story, but only my son’s side… this is not a threat, but a HUGE promise that you ass holes will regret! You people will be sued!

Find a real counselor, this old lady is full of BS. She won’t listen to both parties, she is super biased and she does not care about the family or kids at all. Also, she double charge so double check your bill from her and be ready to get a crazy bill at the end. She is so clueless about her job that I have filed a complaint with the board. Also, her plan recommendation are crazy and it is because she is biased and does not care about the other side. Maybe, that is why she is no longer working for FCS because she has no idea how to do her job. Stay away from her, look for a different counselor. If you are crazy, a liar, a passive aggressive person then go to her, she loves that type of people. She gives custody to those that are so incompetent just because they play the victim role. If you go to her, play the victim role and make sure you tell her that you are so depressed because of the situation and because the kids are not behaving with you, once she hears that she will be all over you and the report will be on your favor. She is very unethical, stay away from her. Go somewhere else, where you are going to pay for a good service and for a good resolution for the best of the family.

Marjorie is an experienced and thoughtful mediator. She cares about children and families. I have found Marjorie to be very genuine and very thorough. She gives everyone time and attention so she can come up with a plan for children that works. She has great experience and I would highly recommend her as a mediator!

My review (along with many others who didn’t like Marjorie Ospeck) has surprisingly been hidden from view — make sure you scroll to the bottom of all of the reviews and read the «unrecommended» Unilocal reviews before you make your decision.

One thing potential parents should know about reviews on child custody mediators and parent coordinators is that if a parent is unhappy with the recommendations, then you may find a very negative review. I found Marjorie to be extremely thorough in interviewing our children, all of the counselors involved, previous mediators from family court services (this requires court order). She interviewed friends and the girlfriend of the father at his request. Her sole interest in doing what is BEST FOR CHILDREN. Our case was extremely high conflict. The children’s father has taken me to court over 20 times in 8 years. Our children have gone through 3 family court mediations and this private mediation in a period of three years. The father asked for ¾ of the mediations and through interviewing our children each time, it became apparent that there was extensive emotional abuse and a substance abuse problem. FCS eventually recommended supervised visitation after the father’s counseling failed. The father was quite discontent with all of the mediators and most of the counselors involved and has written several other negative reviews about other professionals. Our children had a great experience with Marjorie and were able to speak freely about their feelings and experiences with both parents. Marjorie’s recommendations actually helped the father to have superivised visitation lifted and have more time with our children. As a mother, I want my children to have a healthy and safe relationship with their father.
You should rely on other professionals in the field for referrals and take into consideration why you will see a negative (or positive) review. Marjorie came highly recommended by our counselor who worked with both parents for many years, other mediators and both family law attorneys. One of the negative reviews on this site is from the father, who by the way, did not pay Marjorie. I hope you will see the bias. from one of the parents on this site.

This is solely my opinion based on my experience.
How sad that the only power we have left is to write a Unilocal review over an unprofessional mediator whose seemingly biased, inconsiderate decisions can wreck havoc in ones life.
1) She is the last dinosaur left who DOES not and WILL NOT use email — you and/​or your attorney have to fax materials to her (think $ 3+ per page faxed), a page at a time, and god willing her machine actually works when you do it (in an urgent matter it did not work for us and would not receive incoming faxes).
2) Without communicating with both parties /​parents, she gives full permission to parent 1 to make decisions that could be life changing for involved child. Seriously, no communication at all to parent 2– and the power she allowed for parent 1 would change schedules and the child’s daily life and family time with parent 2.
3) She is clearly biased in sessions not even raising parent 2 arguments or valid points (that were first vetted through an attorney) only pushing for parents 1’s wishes regardless of the impact that would have on child /​family life and time.
4) Other professionals involved in parent 2’s case have stated verbatim, «I will NEVER recommend this woman to anyone else, she is unprofessional.»
5) Why isn’t the court looking into this mediators skill set and professionalism?
Thinking about choosing Ospeck as a mediator? Like the other reviewers stated, meet with this woman first and consider your choice long and hard. It’s very difficult to change mediators once one has been assigned, save yourself the time, heartache, expense and confusion and go with another mediator.

Unfortunately, I had the exact experience as the prior reviewer. Horrifically painful and disastrous experience. Years of experience or licensed or not, Marjorie Ospeck is a biased unprofessional, who is short sighted and unjust in her recommendations.

I cannot warn you vehemently enough to stay away from this unethical, unstable, and unqualified social worker.