Hi, my name is Jill Haug. I created this GoFundMe to help my sister retain lawyer fees to help her get her daughter Isabella back home where she belongs! I am sharing her story here: Ok here it is.. so many people have asked…Today is April 13, 2023. My daughter has not been returned to me since July 7, 2022. She has not seen her home or siblings or family in 9 months. She has been with me her entire life until this school year. I raised her alone, with random visits to her dad here and there, after he moved away from her when she was only a year and a half old. She was visiting her father this summer. Her father convinced her and I to “try out” Charlotte for the school year, promising if it didn’t go well, we would reassess and return Isabella home if need be. We were sold on the “great opportunities” she could have there. He also told Isabella if she didn’t try it this school year, this “opportunity” would never happen again. So she agreed. I trusted him. She trusted him. Sure enough, things went down hill fast and in October, she pleaded to come home. Things were just “different” there for her. It wasn’t “home”. She hasn’t changed her mind since and is very sad being away from what she knows. When we told him it was time for her to come back home, he told her and I, that in no way would that ever happen, and that Charlotte is her new home. Needless to say, we are fighting custody since November. The judge in SD recently granted NC home state, so I have to fight my battle there somehow. He is refusing to send her back to SD to visit. I have to go there myself if I want to visit as well as my other kids if they want to see her. My mom told him that I didn’t have the money to do that and he simply responded that wasn’t “his problem.” Yes, this is why I’m selling my vehicle. I needed to retain an attorney in NC by tomorrow to continue the process in motion. Needless to say, I have not sold the vehicle and therefore do not have the funds to fight this battle to get my daughter back home where she so, so, so longs to be. She has been so strong through all of this. She doesn’t understand why her dad would lie to her and myself. she doesn’t understand why she can’t come home. They told her she would end up pregnant, dead or on drugs if she moved back to South Dakota. That, and a slew of other negative things I need not say. My heart feels literally ripped out of my chest. Anyways, I’m not ashamed at all to tell this story because it’s just NOT OK of another parent to do. I may not have all the money in the world and be able to send her to the best therapists and private schools, but our home, to Isabella, is priceless and SAFE. I can’t imagine how trapped and alone she feels. Apparently, he recently let Isabella know that this was his plan all along, to never return her back home. I’m beyond grief-stricken. It floors me how this is actually happening... and legally?! Anyways I tell this all so 1) my loved ones understand somewhat what I’ve been and am going through and 2) to always put things down in writing!!! I feel like such a fool letting her go there. This is probably the most personal and HARDEST thing that I’ve ever posted. Maybe I’ll regret it later idk ‍♀️ but it’s my Facebook and I’ll post what I want and take accountability for doing so. I have not done ANYTHING wrong so I don’t feel bad letting the truth out there!! I will keep moving forward with one foot in front of the other because that’s what what I do!! Thank you for listening, I’ve told this story so many times and so many people care and ask about Izzie. I pray God keeps watching over her and our family. I love you, Isabella!