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Friends, Family, and other Loved ones, As most of you know, we lost our daughter Taylor about 2 months ago. We are learning to wrestle and struggle with loss and grief in daily life. Taylor’s passing has led to another challenge in our lives. You may know that Taylor has left behind a beautiful daughter, 5-year old Aideen.
Before Taylor passed away, Taylor, and Sue, and I cared for Aideen 5 days a week, while Aideen’s father, Jacob, cared for her on the weekends. With Taylor’s passing, Jacob has decided that he should become the primary care giver and Aideen is now living with Jacob full-time. Without going into details, there are a number of significant reasons Sue and I believe that Jacob cannot provide a safe and healthy environment for Aideen and that he is not qualified to be a full-time dad.
Because of these concerns, we have initiated court proceedings in an effort to return things to the arrangement we had before Taylor passed away, specifically we provide the primary care for Aideen 5 days a week, and Jacob cares for her on the weekends. It is our hope and that desire that Jacob will agree to the previous arrangement which was working well for Aideen and for Jacob. We want Jacob and his family to be a part of Aideen’s life.
We have retained a lawyer and the initial retainer is used up. We are working thru through a mediation process that we hope may avoid actually going to court. If that fails, costs could go beyond $50,000. These proceedings have already proven to be costly, and may become much more so. Frankly, these expenses are beyond our means. We have setup this GoFundMe page in order to help us manage these expenses. Sue and I would like to ask you to consider joining us in order to secure the best possible future for Aideen. We have a group of friends that will provide a match of up to $5,000 for every dollar given. If the case is resolved quickly and all the funds aren’t used, we will work with you to return any unused funds or apply them to a scholarship fund for Aideen. If more is required, we will open up another private GoFundMe. Thank you so much for any help you are able to give us in these challenging times.
Before Taylor passed away, Taylor, and Sue, and I cared for Aideen 5 days a week, while Aideen’s father, Jacob, cared for her on the weekends. With Taylor’s passing, Jacob has decided that he should become the primary care giver and Aideen is now living with Jacob full-time. Without going into details, there are a number of significant reasons Sue and I believe that Jacob cannot provide a safe and healthy environment for Aideen and that he is not qualified to be a full-time dad.
Because of these concerns, we have initiated court proceedings in an effort to return things to the arrangement we had before Taylor passed away, specifically we provide the primary care for Aideen 5 days a week, and Jacob cares for her on the weekends. It is our hope and that desire that Jacob will agree to the previous arrangement which was working well for Aideen and for Jacob. We want Jacob and his family to be a part of Aideen’s life.
We have retained a lawyer and the initial retainer is used up. We are working thru through a mediation process that we hope may avoid actually going to court. If that fails, costs could go beyond $50,000. These proceedings have already proven to be costly, and may become much more so. Frankly, these expenses are beyond our means. We have setup this GoFundMe page in order to help us manage these expenses. Sue and I would like to ask you to consider joining us in order to secure the best possible future for Aideen. We have a group of friends that will provide a match of up to $5,000 for every dollar given. If the case is resolved quickly and all the funds aren’t used, we will work with you to return any unused funds or apply them to a scholarship fund for Aideen. If more is required, we will open up another private GoFundMe. Thank you so much for any help you are able to give us in these challenging times.