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My name is Myranda Roster, and I am a stay at home mother of my 3 kids, McKenzie aged 6, Anthony aged 3 and a half, Adalynn aged 1 and a half. My daughter McKenzie has a different dad than my younger two.
I have been in an unnecessary custody battle with her father since she was 18 months old. I have never asked for more than 50/50 custody and was hoping to get a more stable schedule for her once she started school. I requested in court for a week on, week off schedule for McKenzie, since she is in school now and the alternating 3 days schedule was hard on her. I want, and have always wanted for her to have the same fair time with both parents. When I brought the idea up to try alternating weeks, her father thought it would be a good idea and offered to try it, with him starting the first week on and setting up a better bedtime routine that we could cross over between both households to help her get the rest she needs. When the next Monday came around for me to have her a week, he decided that he didn’t want to try it, after having her for a whole week. It had come out that he never intended to change the schedule but figured he would take her for a week, and threw our court order in my face, saying that if I didn’t return her to him after only 3 days, he would take me to court for breach of contract.
Recently in our court battle, March of 2019, the judge decided to grant her father with full physical custody because at the time I was a full time working mother to support my family. The judge unfortunately saw my employment as a reason to take my daughter from me, and in turn gave me an unfair visitation schedule of only Wednesdays after school to 7pm, and every other weekend for me to see her. My daughter has always had separation anxiety from not being shared evenly with both parents, and this is not helping at all.
My daughter is my ex’s only child with him. He has always lived with his mother, and has not sought to have a home of his own. He does not work, but collects disability checks, and to be quite honest, I don’t know how he qualifies.
After the judge granted him physical full custody my daughter’s personality changed into a frightened, sad and overly emotional little girl, and for the little time I do have her, I had to put her in counseling. The days I have with McKenzie are always filled with her crying, not knowing what she wants to do, and constantly wanting to be held, even though she is 6. She is now withdrawn and won't talk to me about anything, which is the exact opposite of her bubbly, happy, laughing personality she had prior to these changes.
She misses her brother and sister, her neighborhood friends, her mommy and step-daddy and she is in tears on the phone with me. He allows her to call after getting fed up with listening to her cry for us. After McKenzie was taken, I had no choice but give up the job life that I loved. Now instead of 2 incomes in the house there's only one. We no longer have the extra money to take kids on fun outings whether it is in or out of town. I have witnessed too many things go wrong to list with McKenzie while in her dads care. I need to fix this before my daughter gets started down the wrong path. \
McKenzie’s dad has been illegally living with his mom in a senior citizen park that does not allow extended family to stay, and does not allow children. McKenzie and their dog have been banned from living in the park. The dog was kicked out for biting an elderly couple and their dog. Since being granted physical custody in March this year, McKenzie, her father and the dog have been living there, even after being told by management that they cannot live there. Every time I pick up or drop off McKenzie she hides in my car when we pass by the manager’s office, and once when we were just stopping over to talk to the landlord, McKenzie automatically threw herself in the bushes when management walked up. When I asked her about it, she said that her father makes her hide in the house and hide outside if management is coming, and that she always need to watch out for them, because they can’t get caught.
Finally on September 22 of this year, her dad texted me an address that my daughter, himself and the dog moved into. He hasn’t invited me over to see it at all. My daughter claims they only have a queen mattress in a one bedroom trailer and that they only go there for sleeping. Everything else, including toys and clothes, are over at her grandma’s house in the senior park. To this day I pick up and drop off McKenzie at her grandma’s house. He has failed to notify the courts and her school of his new address.
I am starting this GoFundMe to help me get an attorney to bring my daughter home. She needs to be with her siblings, and to have a real, steady, stable home with friends she can have over and play with, instead of hiding in fear. She is 6 and needs her childhood to be protected. She should not be having conversations as a peer with her father. She watches inappropriately scary movies, such as IT, and Chucky at the age of 6, causing anxiety, fear and nightmares. She shouldn’t be worried about politics while watching the news day in and day out. She needs to be watching Peppa Pig and playing outside on the swings. I hope you can understand my stress and worries for my daughter and her well-being.
Please help me bring her home where she belongs.
Thank you for reading, and thank you for your help in advance. Even if it is just a share.
I have been in an unnecessary custody battle with her father since she was 18 months old. I have never asked for more than 50/50 custody and was hoping to get a more stable schedule for her once she started school. I requested in court for a week on, week off schedule for McKenzie, since she is in school now and the alternating 3 days schedule was hard on her. I want, and have always wanted for her to have the same fair time with both parents. When I brought the idea up to try alternating weeks, her father thought it would be a good idea and offered to try it, with him starting the first week on and setting up a better bedtime routine that we could cross over between both households to help her get the rest she needs. When the next Monday came around for me to have her a week, he decided that he didn’t want to try it, after having her for a whole week. It had come out that he never intended to change the schedule but figured he would take her for a week, and threw our court order in my face, saying that if I didn’t return her to him after only 3 days, he would take me to court for breach of contract.
Recently in our court battle, March of 2019, the judge decided to grant her father with full physical custody because at the time I was a full time working mother to support my family. The judge unfortunately saw my employment as a reason to take my daughter from me, and in turn gave me an unfair visitation schedule of only Wednesdays after school to 7pm, and every other weekend for me to see her. My daughter has always had separation anxiety from not being shared evenly with both parents, and this is not helping at all.
My daughter is my ex’s only child with him. He has always lived with his mother, and has not sought to have a home of his own. He does not work, but collects disability checks, and to be quite honest, I don’t know how he qualifies.
After the judge granted him physical full custody my daughter’s personality changed into a frightened, sad and overly emotional little girl, and for the little time I do have her, I had to put her in counseling. The days I have with McKenzie are always filled with her crying, not knowing what she wants to do, and constantly wanting to be held, even though she is 6. She is now withdrawn and won't talk to me about anything, which is the exact opposite of her bubbly, happy, laughing personality she had prior to these changes.
She misses her brother and sister, her neighborhood friends, her mommy and step-daddy and she is in tears on the phone with me. He allows her to call after getting fed up with listening to her cry for us. After McKenzie was taken, I had no choice but give up the job life that I loved. Now instead of 2 incomes in the house there's only one. We no longer have the extra money to take kids on fun outings whether it is in or out of town. I have witnessed too many things go wrong to list with McKenzie while in her dads care. I need to fix this before my daughter gets started down the wrong path. \
McKenzie’s dad has been illegally living with his mom in a senior citizen park that does not allow extended family to stay, and does not allow children. McKenzie and their dog have been banned from living in the park. The dog was kicked out for biting an elderly couple and their dog. Since being granted physical custody in March this year, McKenzie, her father and the dog have been living there, even after being told by management that they cannot live there. Every time I pick up or drop off McKenzie she hides in my car when we pass by the manager’s office, and once when we were just stopping over to talk to the landlord, McKenzie automatically threw herself in the bushes when management walked up. When I asked her about it, she said that her father makes her hide in the house and hide outside if management is coming, and that she always need to watch out for them, because they can’t get caught.
Finally on September 22 of this year, her dad texted me an address that my daughter, himself and the dog moved into. He hasn’t invited me over to see it at all. My daughter claims they only have a queen mattress in a one bedroom trailer and that they only go there for sleeping. Everything else, including toys and clothes, are over at her grandma’s house in the senior park. To this day I pick up and drop off McKenzie at her grandma’s house. He has failed to notify the courts and her school of his new address.
I am starting this GoFundMe to help me get an attorney to bring my daughter home. She needs to be with her siblings, and to have a real, steady, stable home with friends she can have over and play with, instead of hiding in fear. She is 6 and needs her childhood to be protected. She should not be having conversations as a peer with her father. She watches inappropriately scary movies, such as IT, and Chucky at the age of 6, causing anxiety, fear and nightmares. She shouldn’t be worried about politics while watching the news day in and day out. She needs to be watching Peppa Pig and playing outside on the swings. I hope you can understand my stress and worries for my daughter and her well-being.
Please help me bring her home where she belongs.
Thank you for reading, and thank you for your help in advance. Even if it is just a share.