A St. Louis mother of three children is asking to remove an embattled family court insider whom she fears will give full custody to her ex-husband.
Dawn Heimburger is divorcing Craig Heimburger who played college football at the University of Missouri and was a Green Bay Packers fifth round pick in the 1999 (NFL) draft.
In her motion to set aside the appointment of Dr. James Reid, a psychologist, Heimberger’s attorney, Susan Ward, wrote:
“Petitioner has become aware of litigation concerning Dr. Reid. Petitioner has concerns about the allegations in such litigation. Petitioner's concerns cause petitioner to ask the court to reconsider Dr. James Reid as the evaluator in this matter and appoint another qualified individual to address any evaluation the court deems appropriate.”
Heimburger’s motion was set to be reviewed in St. Louis County 21st Judicial Circuit court this week. However, Ward declined to comment until after the June 28 hearing.
“He has diagnosed so many women as borderline narcissists that there would be none outside of St. Louis county based on the high amount of number that he's diagnosing and that's concerning because if he's taking women's children away and it's not men, then that would probably mean he would order that for me,” Heimburger said.
As previously reported in the St. Louis Record, Evita Tolu, a St. Louis immigration attorney who lost custody of her two sons after being diagnosed as a narcissist, borderline, and sociopath personality, sued Reid in the 21st Judicial Circuit Court in St. Louis County alleging constructive fraud, breach of standard of care and breach of fiduciary duty.
However, Tolu’s lawsuit was dismissed and Reid was granted quasi-judicial immunity.
“I went into my previous attorney’s office to sign off on something else and her paralegal presented me with an order to sign off on James Reid,” Heimburger told the St. Louis Record. “I asked for someone other than Dr. Reid but they said that everyone else is way backed up. My thinking was I would sign off on it and then figure out a way to get out of it."
Reid did not respond to requests for comment.
Tolu alleged in her lawsuit that she paid both Reid and the court-appointed guardian ad litem (GAL) Elaine Pudlowski $30,000 each.
Tolu's lawsuit allegedly resulted in a group of GAL's discussing the litigation at a Zoom meeting, which was recorded and posted on YouTube.