Family in need

Marisa has recently became a single mom of 4. She has three young boys and one young daughter (all under the ages of 10 and her youngest being just 2 years old.)

Unfortunately, their father is no longer in the picture at all. Marisa endured a 9 year abusive relationship with the father. She was a stay at home mom managing the bills and taking care of her four children. He is a truck driver who rarely came home and seldom engaged in any parental activities when he did come around. He was mentally and sometimes physically abusive to Marisa and their children.

In the onset of their relationship, Marisa decided to have the house under his name due to the fact that her financial status was poor; she had significant student loan debt. This led her to make decisions to protect the financial stability and protection of the family. Therefore, the house, the mini van, and all credit cards were under the fathers name. To make matters worse, they were never married.

In June of 2023, the father left the family to pursue a new woman by the name of Leslie and unexpectedly impregnated and married her. Leslie has 3 older kids of her own with 50/50 custody from a previous marriage.

This all happened within a matter of just a few months, shocking the entire family, and putting Marisa in complete distress.

As you can imagine how heartbreaking this was for Marisa, she was most afraid for her children. The father cut her off financially. She sought government aid for food, diapers, and other necessities. Family members have tried to help her as much as they can.

To make matters worse, the father made it clear that he would devote his life to his new woman and child on the way, wanting to rid the house of her and the children. He has served Marisa with an eviction notice as per January 2024, and the time is coming very near when they might not have a roof over their heads.

By the grace of God, she was given a job opportunity recently, which is giving her some light at the end of the tunnel. However, they are currently home insecure. She is only three weeks into her new job and her youngest spends these hours in childcare which is very costly.

Additionally, two days ago, the Children’s father and his new wife have taken their only vehicle away from them - even though he and his new wife have two other vehicles amongst themselves. They also took all of the child car seats away from them.

The court process is taking a lengthy amount of time and they are running out of time and money that they do not have. She is trying her very best to remain strong for her children.

All of these months have gone by and their father has not checked on them once when they were sick or called them on any holidays. It wasn’t until the child support order that he suddenly wanted to be involved in their lives. It frightens Marisa that he and his new wife (who is a stranger) tried to take them from their school the other day. These children are scared.

It has been Marisa’s priority for the last nine years to maintain a wholesome life for her children. She will not give up on them, despite whatever discouraging things come their way.

Marisa has come to the point where she desperately needs further help. She needs to regain transportation to take the kids to school, work, doctor’s appointments, and for simple things like groceries. They took away her only vehicle, and next will be the roof over their heads. The anxiety and pain Marisa is enduring while waiting for the courts to hash out this mess is inconceivable. The bills are piling up and it’s getting harder and harder to feed and take care of her children properly. Anything will help, to get their lives back on track.

The father’s new wife has been malicious and heartless towards Marisa. She cannot be trusted around the children. The father and his new wife are hoping to get 50/50 custody to avoid child support. She is blinded to the fact that she is now married to a man who left his family of four and is helping him take everything away from them.

From Marisa:

“This is harder than I ever thought it would be. Mentally and physically. 

My lawyer, family, and friends are confident that this will all be resolved in time. And that everything that Rick and his new wife are stripping away from me and my family will be given back to my family by the grace of God.

Your donations are a blessing to my children and I, as it will reduce our level of home insecurity. We are very grateful. I'm ready to put this unnerving situation behind me and continue to work towards providing stability for my children.

Thank you for taking the time to read this. God Bless. Love Marisa, Meadow, Jacob, Vince, Wolf.”