Bring my son back home!
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My son is gone. After taking advantage of my good faith, my son's mother took him to Florida from me and now I must fight a legal custody battle to get him back to his safe home here with me in Oregon. My son's home for the past 5 years has been with me and it needs to remain that way.
I have a lawyer now and have spent what little I have and will continue to sell more of my belongings to pay for these expenses. But this still leaves me short. In the end, I don't know exactly how much all this will cost, so the $8,000 mark is a rough guess. But based on retainer fee's for lawyers in Bend, I don't think I'm far off, and I've probably underestimated. To put you at ease, my lawyer says I have a really, really good shot at winning this.
I'm in a tough spot on how much I want to reveal on here, in the event that the other party uses it to their advantage. But in essence, most of the money I'll need will be going toward getting an attorney in Florida (in addition to the one here in Oregon) as well as paying for multiple flights.
Without defaming the mother, I will simply say that my son is not safe with her for multiple reasons which may include assorted drug abuse, mental instability, inability to work, and subjecting my son to increasingly abusive men that she encounters and is involved with.
Simply put, my son needs a safe home and that is with me as it has always been. Please help me bring my son back to Oregon. If I could pay for it all by myself I would, and it hurts my pride asking for help. If at all possible, I will be refunding any unspent monies to their respective donors.
I have a lawyer now and have spent what little I have and will continue to sell more of my belongings to pay for these expenses. But this still leaves me short. In the end, I don't know exactly how much all this will cost, so the $8,000 mark is a rough guess. But based on retainer fee's for lawyers in Bend, I don't think I'm far off, and I've probably underestimated. To put you at ease, my lawyer says I have a really, really good shot at winning this.
I'm in a tough spot on how much I want to reveal on here, in the event that the other party uses it to their advantage. But in essence, most of the money I'll need will be going toward getting an attorney in Florida (in addition to the one here in Oregon) as well as paying for multiple flights.
Without defaming the mother, I will simply say that my son is not safe with her for multiple reasons which may include assorted drug abuse, mental instability, inability to work, and subjecting my son to increasingly abusive men that she encounters and is involved with.
Simply put, my son needs a safe home and that is with me as it has always been. Please help me bring my son back to Oregon. If I could pay for it all by myself I would, and it hurts my pride asking for help. If at all possible, I will be refunding any unspent monies to their respective donors.
Organizer
Matt Skeels
Organizer
Bend, OR
