My name is Billy Hall and I am raising funds to protect my son, William, now and in the future.


I am his biological father and non-custodial parent. When my ex-wife and I divorced, I was battling addiction and was not in a position to fight for legal rights to visit, raise, and support my son. I was suffering from depression and anxiety after the loss of my first son, Tavis, to brain cancer when he was only nine years old.

As a Marine Corps veteran with twelve years of service, though, I learned the value of perseverance, strength, honor, and fortitude. Because of my experiences in that fraternity, I chose to take stock, get help, clean up the wreckage, and rebuild my life from the ground up.

And because of my deliberate actions toward those ends, I have been clean and sober since December 1, 2016.

I have embraced my life and am grateful for all that I have. I see and appreciate the blessings this life has given me, including the opportunity to be there to raise my son. And now is the time for me to retain an attorney and make legal changes in the best interest of William.

The money I’m able to raise here is to retain my attorney, and to meet his stated total cost of this legal process for William. Specifically, and through my attorney, I will be petitioning the court to:

- Specify that I am responsible for decisions regarding his education and healthcare
- Affirm that I will provide 100% of the financial support for his insurance
- Redirect the monthly SSDI payments from my ex-wife directly to William’s account

Despite having no legal rights according to the divorce proceedings, I am both very active in William’s life, and his primary caregiving parent. Along with my wife, Lisa, we have William in our home and in our care the vast majority of the time. On average, Williams spends 20-27 days a month with us. This is important for two reasons:
    1. The court recognizes precedences, and will often side with those in the interest of stability and continuity in a child’s life.
    2. William is accustomed to our house, our structure, our stability, and our way of life. He thrives here.

Because I am on permanent disability, I am able to devote myself to my family and to be present every moment in their lives. My son and I spend time together riding bikes, exploring local area parks, learning about our hometown history, and playing video games. We also cook and prepare meals and make to-go trays and deliver them around town to the homeless. It’s important to me that William understands how fortunate we are and that we have an obligation to help others whenever we can.

I am also making sure that William knows the value of money and is responsible for his own spending. My wife and I set up a bank account specifically for him, and he is learning to make decisions about how he wants to save and spend his allowance.

Right now, my son is at risk. If something happens to his mother, I do not have the legal right to make decisions for my son. He would potentially be assigned a ward of the court and I would be at the mercy of state officials who do not know me and have no understanding of all that I am currently doing to raise my son.

Simply, I am fighting to have the court officially recognize me as the custodial parent, with full legal rights to raise and care for my son. Your donation to this GoFundMe will help me achieve my goal of protecting William.