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I am writing for help financially for my family’s sake, as a single mother of two children, I have to put a lot of pride to the side to complete this online application asking for help but my hopes and prayers are raised high, I have been praying for a miracle and asking for God’s help. I am patient and faithful. The Bible says there is faith with works, so here I am praying and doing the work God puts on my heart! Amen So here I go Oh Lord God help me! My family and I have been forced to participate in traumatic experiences at the hands of the Judicial System that is put into place to help protect people and children. In the past 8 years for us we have been on a constant trauma rollercoaster filled with neglect, verbal, emotional abuse and constant physical violence in the other parents home. The Family Court/Judicial System/Legal System not only failed my child but they failed me as well considering they took an Oath to Protect and Serve in the Court of Law and to UpHold those Laws and they failed for 8 years, in my personal opinion. To be honest I am exhausted mentally, physically emotionally and definitely financially. I had to quit my job as a Family Peer Support Specialist which means I would go out into the community and help people struggling, they were in very hard times. I helped them with resources, clothing, food, mutual friendships, rides to appointments, etc and I loved that job it gave me so much purpose and something else positive amongst the negative impact taking place in my family’s lives. It was easy for me to focus on other people and their problems then focus on my own problems that needed solving with my child’s safety. Living in constant dread and fear of my daughter’s safety and wellbeing was a nightmare but that Family Peer Support Specialist job brought me some peace in the chaos. I had to leave my employment because I lived 25 minute drive away from work which my transportation became unreliable and unable to transport clients due to financial strain put onto me by the Judicial System/Honorable Judge just to see my child in person and it broke me financially every time. The Judge Ordered our visitation was only 8 weeks in summer for physical visits and 44 weeks of weekly 6 hour video chat visits = 52 weeks in the year. Note: My daughter was never brought back from a visit out of state that I allowed her to go on when she was 1 ½ years old to meet her grandmother. I have been fighting 8 years for her safety and to get her home since she was not return back to me like the verbal agreement was, she was taken 12,000 miles away from me. I was told by the Judicial system to be thankful I have video chats 6 hours a week. I told the court officials to think about how they get to go home to their child after work and know that their child is safe and cared for every night but I have to live in fear constantly for my child’s safety and welfare from everything I witnessed and was told on all the weekly 6 hour video chat visits with my daughter. I asked Court Officials, would 6 hours a week of video chat with your kid be okay with you? Or how would you feel lucky and happy and you’d be gladly excepting the unfair Court Custody Agreement? Wouldn’t you be doing the same things and asking the same questions if you were seeking your child’s safety and seeking accountability from their abusers through the Legal/Judicial Court? It was absolutely impossible to get a lawyer that would help me in protecting my daughter and a lawyer that would actually help me tell her story in a legal setting so that way she would have protection from any further abuse and jeopardy of harm. I couldn’t get anyone to listen to my advocating for my child safety or help represent us. I was left responsible for filing motions, notarize documents, documenting, filling out statements of safety concerns, making sure there is evidence, label all the documents, file the documents, make sure everyone has a copy, mailing copies of evidence and motions addressing my safety concerns for my child, etc. I was definitely learning a lot about the legal system process of the Judicial Branch along the way but one thing I knew for sure was that my baby girl needed protection and she needed me to fight for it. THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT I DID FOR 8 YEARS IN THE COURT OF LAW. As parents it’s our legal obligation, responsibility and right to protecting your child or any child from being abused, neglect, or witnessing or experiencing continual violence and abuse in their home. I just got a PFA Protection From Abuse Court Order on behalf of my daughter finally, that is in place for her physical and emotional protection from abuse until Oct. 2026 I Praise God Almighty because at the end of that legal battle I believe God AlMighty was there fighting for me. Like I said 8 years is too long for abuse and safety concerns to be outright ignored and to Not be Addressed Legally and Not be taken care of in a prompt and competent manner. The good news is, Now one and a half months later since the traumatizing experiences ended and the Courts Protection from Abuse has started, it has helped us all sleep way better at night, even if we have nothing, we at least have each other! , I feel like we can finally feel peacefulness and breathe again knowing we are finally safe from any abuse or jeopardy of harm towards us. We are in control of our lives now! We have started truely healing and evolving into who we are meant to be and finding things we love to do that is free or almost free of charge. Thankfully, my daughter has the Judicial Systems Protection now, but she needed their protection 8 years ago. Here I am telling you our story and asking for anyone’s help financially to get our transportation back so we can get back to work, school and trips for food/household need shopping. I have not been financially able to get my two children just even one gift under the Christmas tree this year. I always made sure over the years that they would wake up to presents on Christmas morning. My heart is healing from the past 8 years of pain and sorrow but I will not give up, I have to keep on trying to create the lives that my children and I deserve to be living. I can succeed and my children are my biggest motivation to accomplish that goal. I know in my heart that my children need me as much as I need them. I have financially supported my daughter and son in the other homes out of state with their needs and wants, whatever that they asked for the past 8 years that went beyond child support and not cause I had to or required to do but because I wanted to do my job as a parent so my kids knew I was always there for them even if we was miles apart! I take so much pride in my children! That is why I want to create a better childhood life experience for my two children, than what I had. To me that looks like a life that is free from abuse and trauma but rather will be a childhood home filled with patience, understanding, honesty, kindness, acceptance, and respect. I financially made it happen for them the past 8 years while Legally fighting to protect my daughter’s safety and constitutional rights by myself but now I can’t even figure out a way out of this tough spot we are in without transportation or barely any family support that I can ask for help. To top all that off I haven’t been able to successfully secure any financial funds to get my kids at least one Christmas gift for Christmas morning because now I am to busy putting every penny towards survival housing, heating, lights, food and Phone bills that I have miraculously got funding to pay on time. Thank You God If anyone has it in their heart to help me with funding (every penny count and so does encouragement!) in getting just even one Christmas gift for my children to wake up to on Christmas that would be a miracle and a blessing to them and myself. I am asking anyone who is in the giving spirit this 2024 Christmas Season to please consider donating to my financial family cause, your financial support helps us in getting a vehicle and legal representation for my children and I. Throughout this hardship in my life my calculations for the figure of funds my family needs is at least $10,000 of money donations for a lawyer, vehicle for work to school for the kids/college for myself since I have been inspired to go back to college for Legal Justice. I am also asking for anyone in the spirit to give this holiday 2 Christmas presents for my son and daughter to wake up to on Christmas morning. Anything Helps and it All Adds Up!! I pray God Blesses you and brings you peace and love beyond understanding! Thank you for taking the time to read my letter for your help.
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Lana Fields
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Old Town, ME