Help Save Owen and Ethan Merrill
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Hello,
I am trying to raise money in order to keep my sons close to me. My ex-wife is attempting to re-locate to Washington state with our 2 sons Owen Stephen Merrill and Ethan Byron Merrill. This move would take Owen and Ethan away from myself, their 1/2 sister, grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins, great grandparents and everything they have ever known since the day they were born.
We have until July 15th to raise $5000 in order to file emergency petitions to stop the relocation. Due to custody hearings and modifications of parenting time our retainer and savings is completely depleted.
We have found ourselved in a position of complete desperation and have decided we will not give up until we have exhausted all avenues for assistance.
We are unable to file the necessary documents until the retainer is paid.
I am not a peron that asks for help. But with my sons on the line I find myself in a very humbling position because her attorney emptied our account at 5am this morning due to a decree that I had been making monthly payments on. But that apparently was not enough.
I promised my sons that I would fight for them and do everything in my power to keep them here.
When I received the letter from my ex-wife's attorney I began discussing it with my family over the phone at my office. My sons were working on their tutoring assignments in the other room and I thought they had their headphones on. When I hung up the phone and went to check on the boys, Ethan was hiding underneath the desk behind a trash can crying saying, "I don't want to go." Owen ran to the storage closet and had shut the door. When I asked what was wrong they said, "I heard you say that mom is trying to move us to Washington." There are many other things that I could bring up in this note. But I believe that two innocent boys should be able to voice their opinions without fear of repercussions.
As it stands, my-ex will not even allow my sons to attend the church I Pastor, Covenant Church of Lake Havasu. My father, mother, sisters, and brothers, are all pastors here as well. This is one of the many reasons we have been in court already and where I have been spending my money. Now this move has come up and completely caught us off gaurd.
Please, help in any way that you can and know that you are not just giving funds to a side in this fight. But you are helping my sons have a choice.
God Bless you abundantly for your generosity.
I am trying to raise money in order to keep my sons close to me. My ex-wife is attempting to re-locate to Washington state with our 2 sons Owen Stephen Merrill and Ethan Byron Merrill. This move would take Owen and Ethan away from myself, their 1/2 sister, grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins, great grandparents and everything they have ever known since the day they were born.
We have until July 15th to raise $5000 in order to file emergency petitions to stop the relocation. Due to custody hearings and modifications of parenting time our retainer and savings is completely depleted.
We have found ourselved in a position of complete desperation and have decided we will not give up until we have exhausted all avenues for assistance.
We are unable to file the necessary documents until the retainer is paid.
I am not a peron that asks for help. But with my sons on the line I find myself in a very humbling position because her attorney emptied our account at 5am this morning due to a decree that I had been making monthly payments on. But that apparently was not enough.
I promised my sons that I would fight for them and do everything in my power to keep them here.
When I received the letter from my ex-wife's attorney I began discussing it with my family over the phone at my office. My sons were working on their tutoring assignments in the other room and I thought they had their headphones on. When I hung up the phone and went to check on the boys, Ethan was hiding underneath the desk behind a trash can crying saying, "I don't want to go." Owen ran to the storage closet and had shut the door. When I asked what was wrong they said, "I heard you say that mom is trying to move us to Washington." There are many other things that I could bring up in this note. But I believe that two innocent boys should be able to voice their opinions without fear of repercussions.
As it stands, my-ex will not even allow my sons to attend the church I Pastor, Covenant Church of Lake Havasu. My father, mother, sisters, and brothers, are all pastors here as well. This is one of the many reasons we have been in court already and where I have been spending my money. Now this move has come up and completely caught us off gaurd.
Please, help in any way that you can and know that you are not just giving funds to a side in this fight. But you are helping my sons have a choice.
God Bless you abundantly for your generosity.
Organizer
Stephen Merrill
Organizer
Lake Havasu City, AZ