My concerns regarding Guardian ad Litem Mary Beth Sampsel began approximately three years ago, but they are now directly relevant again because she has been reappointed to this case and has indicated that she does not intend to revisit the serious problems in her prior investigation and report. In her earlier work, Sampsel adopted and repeated a history that the Department had removed or placed our children with the third party.
— Anonymous parent · MT
That supposed state action became part of the foundation of the case against the biological parents. Yet at the July 8, 2026 hearing, a Department manager testified that DPHHS never placed our children with the third party. The Department's own records also contradict the placement narrative. By the time that was finally established through testimony, the false history had already been repeated through years of litigation and had reached the Montana Supreme Court record. …
— Anonymous parent · MT
Suppressed evidence, coerced signatures, relied on children’s statements in spite of knowledge of child coaching by other parent, ignored emails, false statements of fact in reports, singling one parent out in reports, refused mental Health of the children and did not conduct a evaluation prior to intake or them or the other parent to show baseline nor after to show affects of investigation, made diagnosis of me and children having no medical stance to do so in reports, refused to communicate with me and instead
— Anonymous parent · MT
gave the other party exparte communications of the questions I was directed to ask her by my attorney. I did not nor did others she stated she got back to did she email. I was charged for services not done. She automated responses to the emails not answered to charge me. This can be verified by timestamps and dates. She also sent an email to my now husband that she would be out of town months after he asked a basic question which the response was given to opposing party. …
— Anonymous parent · MT
Asking for stuff she shouldn’t be! Discovery in a guardianship. Lying about it. Asking for irrelevant information. Didn’t prove threshold. Knows my parents are lying helping them commit perjury. Lied to the court about what I produced. Harassing and practically stalking me. Ambulance attorney. Lied about paperwork not received. Never mailed me my documents half the time when she was supposed to! I’ve heard she had done this to others! And that she lies and doesn’t play fair! Horrible person! Pretending to care!
— Anonymous parent · MT
She doesn’t!
— Anonymous parent · MT
