FATHERS ARE ESSENTIAL

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HELP MY LITTLE BOY GET HIS DAD BACK Sure, fathers have rights — but only if you can afford them. My name is Michael Baldwin, and I’m a father who hasn’t seen his son in nearly four years, not because I walked away, but because I ran out of money fighting to stay. In April 2021, my son’s mother took him from me without warning and kept him from me for 90 days, and I had to do something. I couldn’t take it. I filed in court to bring him back — I’m the petitioner, not the respondent. I followed every rule, paid every court fee, and hired an attorney. But once I couldn’t afford to keep going, the system shut me out. There has never been a claim on my fitness as a parent. There have never been abuse or neglect allegations. But I’ve still been cut off from my own child, simply because I can’t keep paying. Help me be the dad all of us always wanted. I was there from the beginning, every OB appointment, at his birth, through all the bottles, all the diapers. But once I couldn’t keep paying attorney and court fees, I was pushed out like I didn’t matter. My son doesn’t know what happened. He just knows I’m gone. That’s why I’m asking for your help — not for me, but for him. So he can grow up knowing his dad fought to be in his life. Thank you for listening. Please share and help us reunite. WHAT YOUR DONATION SUPPORTS • Legal representation to continue my custody case • Emergency motions to restore parenting time • Challenging the Guardian ad Litem’s inaction • Family reunification therapy for a child and father forced apart • Psychological support for a boy who needs truth, not silence This will likely cost $50,000 or more, and I’ve already spent everything I had trying to fight this system.

by Michael Baldwin
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HELP MY LITTLE BOY GET HIS DAD BACK

Sure, fathers have rights — but only if you can afford them.

My name is Michael Baldwin, and I’m a father who hasn’t seen his son in nearly four years, not because I walked away, but because I ran out of money fighting to stay.

In April 2021, my son’s mother took him from me without warning and kept him from me for 90 days, and I had to do something. I couldn’t take it. I filed in court to bring him back — I’m the petitioner, not the respondent. I followed every rule, paid every court fee, and hired an attorney. But once I couldn’t afford to keep going, the system shut me out.

There has never been a claim on my fitness as a parent. There have never been abuse or neglect allegations. But I’ve still been cut off from my own child, simply because I can’t keep paying.

Help me be the dad all of us always wanted.

I was there from the beginning, every OB appointment, at his birth, through all the bottles, all the diapers. But once I couldn’t keep paying attorney and court fees, I was pushed out like I didn’t matter.

My son doesn’t know what happened. He just knows I’m gone.

That’s why I’m asking for your help — not for me, but for him. So he can grow up knowing his dad fought to be in his life.
Thank you for listening. Please share and help us reunite.

WHAT YOUR DONATION SUPPORTS

• Legal representation to continue my custody case

• Emergency motions to restore parenting time

• Challenging the Guardian ad Litem’s inaction

• Family reunification therapy for a child and father forced apart

• Psychological support for a boy who needs truth, not silence


This will likely cost $50,000 or more, and I’ve already spent everything I had trying to fight this system.
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