Everything donated will go toward lawyer fees in order to fight for custody of my daughter.

Hi, I was with my daughter’s father for almost three years. Always being his secret. When I found out I was pregnant and told him, he immediately offered 10000 for an abortion. When I turned that down he offered 100,000,000. When I turned that down I was told he’d hate me forever and make me pay. Through the pregnancy he was never there only financially. Not a single doctors appointment. When asked if he wanted to see the ultrasounds he refused. When asked to come to the hospital he refused, lied and said he’d at least “be around”. The night before I was induced he tells me he’s getting on a flight to Puerto Rico in the morning. So I welcomed my daughter by myself, drove to the children’s hospital while he was on a jet ski in Puerto Rico and even stayed at the nicu for four days straight with her by myself. All while he had all this information. He didn’t bother to meet her until she was two weeks old. During her first few months he would come once a week (mostly after she was already sleeping), but never to see her. During one of these times we got into an argument and when I used profanity he decided to drag me back through the house by my neck and strangle me until my three year old son walked into the room getting him to let go but only after my son spoke. Another time he managed to get there before she was asleep but I needed a shower and so I asked him to comfort her while she was fussy so I could. When I got in the shower she was still crying so I got out soapy and all. Just to open the bathroom door and see my baby on the floor screaming and him standing directly in front of her with a disgruntled face, arms crossed like he was annoyed he had to be there just watching her cry. Then he would find excuses to not come and one day he decided to just not answer at all while my daughter was out of formula and needed it asap. It took me 24 hours to get a response about needing it at that moment and only after I called his work and told his receptionist that his daughter needed formula. Luckily by then I had already borrowed money from somewhere else. Allowing my daughter to starve to demonstrate your control was my last straw and so I decided I was done. Due to me calling his place of work and then reporting his police officer best friend for harassing me and threatening to take me to jail for calling my daughters father, he tried to place false charges on me for harassment and extortion which then were dropped but had already prevented me from accepting multiple jobs and getting the legal help needed to get away from him successfully. We needed food so once I signed up for food stamps I had to file for child support. He had always told me if I ever did that he already had a plan to retaliate. The day after I filed, he filed for sole custody. Then on June 1st I get an email from the lawyer that the lease on the house was ending in thirty days. (he refused to add me to the lease to even though I was the only one whoever lived there with my kids). I got my kids in daycare as fast as I could and got a job but still didn’t have enough time to find our own place. (While we were together he refused to finance daycare and allow me to work) 30 days later we had no where to go except for out of state to my sisters. Once we get there his team immediately used it against us even though he was never on the birth certificate, ignored me when I suggested an at home dna test and begged him to change her last name and add him to the certificate with me (we both had to sign) and it was directly his fault we lost our housing due to his abandonment of the one thing he provided for her. Once we got here I worked almost 24/7 but completely starting over and saving for a lawyer do not go hand in hand apparently. His lawyers have managed to make a good case for emergency custody due to my inability to know how to respond, tell the courts everything I just told you, and me being unable to get representation to protect my daughter and I. I just need help and I am desperate I need someone to fight for us and I don’t know what else to do other than ask yall for a little help. Anything will do, the lowest amount for always I could find is $2000 up front. I’m scared in his need for retaliation against me for making it public knowledge he is the father and alerting child support he is willing to hurt her to further hurt me and I am terrified. Even if you can’t help, someone needs to know what he’s doing to us and I don’t know how to stop it other than hiring a lawyer and I can’t afford it without help