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This is my daughter Emily and, sadly, she has been the subject of
multiple frivolous lawsuits since 2005 starting when she was just 18
months old. Despite winning at least one lawsuit a year for the last
10 years, this ordeal continues.
Emily's mother has a substance abuse problem that is compounded
with mental illness. While this situation is not by any means new,
recently her situation worsened and she was forcibly committed after a
psychotic episode and her husband called the police and our family to
warn of the danger she presented to her children. This lead to a
restraining order and finally, after 10 years of legal struggle, the
court saw fit to reduce her parenting time and set in place other
safeguards out of concern for the child's well-being.
Despite a very strongly-worded ruling from the judge and a
pretty straightforward decision in regards to what a risk the judge
believed she represents her mother has, as is her right, decided to
appeal this ruling.
And this is where the problem comes up: every lawsuit she has
brought has cost a lot of money. A $6,000 dollar retainer fee to start
and then more expenses on top of that. We have managed to keep up with
this for 10 years, even one lawsuit where she filed false allegations
with the Department of Children's Services that nearly bankrupted our
family as well as my mother and father. As it stands now we are
nowhere near recovering from this last legal action to protect Emily
and now we find out that to defend her in this appeal will cost us
$12,000 dollars.
I, her father, am a single earner for a family of 6. As a 9-1-1
Emergency Dispatcher my salary is only $30,000 a year whereas her
mother is a Tax Accountant who has, in the past, doubled my salary.
She can afford to keep filing these lawsuits and appeals where I cannot.
I have less than 30 days to come up with this money for my
lawyer. If I fail I would have to attempt to argue this appeal on my
own, a legal minefield. My only other recourse is Emily's college
savings. It's not enough, but it's the only large sum of money I have
access to and to take it out not only steals from my daughter's
future, I would have to pay taxes on it, which leaves us even shorter.
Under normal circumstances I would never turn to others with
this request, but given this situation I am forced to ask good people
for help; help me protect Emily.
God bless.
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