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IMAGINE BEING SEPARATED FROM YOUR CHILD FOR YEARS.
Think of all the missed birthdays and holidays, as well as countless everyday moments that bring joy, build memories, and deepen family relationships. No silly laughter at the dinner table; no helping with homework; no harvesting together in the garden; no listening for owls on family dog walks in the evening.
My friends M and A, parent and step-parent of a young teen (names withheld for their safety), have not seen their son since Feb. 3, 2021 when his father didn’t return the 6th-grader from a scheduled weekend visit and completely cut off contact.
Despite a court order for equal shared custody, M. hasn't been able to see or speak with her son since that day. Imagine her grief; imagine the child's stress and confusion. Deep and long-lasting harm is caused when a child’s emotional bond with a parent is severed. Mother and son have a right to their time together.
Yet M's fight to enforce custody orders has been complicated and drawn out. Custody battles are uniquely challenging for LGBTQ parents, especially when their child(ren)'s other parent is straight. Unacknowledged bias and prejudice can influence custody evaluations, lawyers, and judges.
With an excellent new attorney in place, M. has hope to reunite with her son once again. Success would also potentially set a groundbreaking precedent that would improve outcomes for other LGBTQ families facing similar challenges in family court. But getting this far has been costly, and the mechanisms of family court move slowly. With savings and equity drained, the process grinds on and the legal bills continue to arrive.
Help reunite a child with his mother, brother, and step-parent
who miss him terribly! Your financial support will ensure
that the voice of an LGBTQ parent doesn’t fall silent in court, and a
straight parent doesn’t succeed in taking a child away by leveraging
preconceived notions of a "good parent" and being able to
outspend them.
Let’s lift this family’s spirits
by showing them there’s an enormous virtual community out here who
believes in keeping families together!
PLEASE CONTRIBUTE TODAY! Use the ORANGE "CONTRIBUTE" LINK above.
Every dollar helps, and will go directly to pay legal fees.
If you feel moved to do so, please use the icons provided to
share this link with your own networks also, or copy the address
and paste it into emails or texts, to help spread the word and
grow their support.
THANK YOU SO MUCH for your generosity!
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