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A couple of years ago, a friend asked me a favour. Could I take care of her 2 kids for a few weeks while their father left the country? She couldn't take them herself, as she is in long term care due to a lack of accessible housing in our city.
We agreed, but when I spoke to the father, he talked about being gone for years, not weeks.
Fair enough. His reason for leaving was worth it, we felt.
Unfortunately, once the children were living with us, he began a campaign of harassment and intimidation that only got worse after he left. In the end, we had to cut off all communications with him, after filing a police report and getting advice on how and when to get a restraining order on his return, whenever that turned out to be.
We also discovered that the children had been neglected and abused while with their father. In that respect, all we want is for their allegations to be thoroughly and propery investigated, which has yet to happen. Over the months they lived with us, they began to heal, open up and blossum. They were part of our family, and I love them like my own daughters.
Our own situation unfortunately changed. I could no longer give the children the intense level of parenting they needed while also caring for a family member's degenerating health condition. I had to ask their mom to find another family for their day-to-day care.
Sadly, the very people who were supposed to help her instead made things worse. They brought the father back into the picture and instigated his sudden return, then essensially kidnapped the children from my home while I was in court, seeking to get a protection order on their behalf.
Since then, the father has been using the courts to try and prevent the children from seeing me or their mom, as well as alienating them from us to the point that they are no longer the same children anymore.I have tried to represent myself in court, but without proper representation, I've found it impossible. I have a representative now, but have had to use money that should be going to housing and life expenses to pay. Though his most recent actions against me got thrown out, it hasn't ended, and from the looks of it, it won't end for a long time, and the legal fees with continue to pile up. The timing couldn't be worse, as the primary income earner of our household is going onto long term disability, which brings with it a 40% cut in income. We need help to protect ourselves, and protect those two little girls. It isn't much, in the grand scheme of things, but we just don't have it.And so we are forced to swallow our pride and turn to crowd funding.Please help us defend ourselves and protect these girls.The funding goal is just for short term needs. Anything reached above that goal will be used for what will likely be a long, drawn out process.Thank you for any help, no matter how small.
Update: a partical victory. The mom was able to get an adjournment,
due to medical issues preventing her from filing her response by
deadline. This time, I will be able to file a proper defense against
his fantasy world claims against me.
The big concern; he's going to step up his psychological abuse
of the children and his alienation of them against both their mom and me.
Thank you all for your support and prayers. They are greatly appreciated.
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