Free Eliza

You would do anything for your child right? Let me tell you a story of a friend of mine who has been fighting every second of every day, every waking moment, given every single dollar he had to fight the courts to get his daughter who was sold in private adoption, behind his back, by the mother of the baby. Sounds crazy, right? It is not.

I want to start with a backstory. My name is Jennifer and I have been friends with Allen Fiscus almost 30 years. He is pretty funny, with loads self-deprecating humor, based on living through the 1990’s with a bunch of teenage angst. He is an empathetic man who has had to deal with the absolute worst trauma as an adult.

Four years ago, Allen and a romantic interest had created a baby. Allen was super excited, as he has wanted to be a father for a long time. They had planned to co-parent as friends. Shortly after creating a life with Allen, she went back to an old boyfriend and Allen supported that relationship. In these circumstances, sensibly, his focus was on the baby. He provided emotional support, and they discussed the future. During the pregnancy, Allen bought a house for his baby to grow up in. He offered the mother shelter as well, with her own bedroom, if she ever needed it. He was excited. He signed them up for parenting classes. He read reviews of baby equipment, like any new parent. Neither parent had a lot of money, but they were getting by. As any parents, under stress between jobs, life, baby planning, hormones, etc. they would occasionally fight trying to figure out the best way to go about coparenting, Allen continue to make plans for his baby girl. The mother’s boyfriend had a tough time with this relationship between mother and father, he thought it was strange they would continue trying to be friends, do classes, coparent plan, etc. and this created extra drama and issues in the relationship.

Allen tried to provide additional money he had available, which was never much, after being a new home buyer to help mom, but he did help mom with things like putting gas in her car, a phone, meal, etc., when he could. He looked for free baby giveaways for diapers, samples, anything to help them as birth came closer. He wanted to provide her and the baby with support that he knew was beneficial to both. She was already having paychecks garnished due to miss-management of money. Their conversations became less and less positive, much to his dismay and confusion. Then she suddenly ghosted him. He knew the stress of carrying a baby is not easy and sometimes you just need a “break” from people and things.

Allen’s baby daughter had been born earlier than anticipated. She chose to be induced, early. She did not reach out to tell the father, Allen that this plan has been made. Why? Allen found out about the birth of his daughter from a well-meaning family member of the mom, who knew of the situation, and knew it was UNFAIR. WHY was it unfair? The last trimester of mom’s pregnancy, she decided to do a private adoption without knowledge or approval of Allen. His baby was sold, without his consent or knowledge. Allen was shocked. As soon as he found out the baby was born, he immediately wrote a check to help pay for the needs of his newborn as he tried to figure out how to fight this adoption and get his daughter. The court system has failed Allen and Eliza his daughter many times over. The Adoption agency was supposed to notify him and get his approval for adoption, they did not.

In fact, this seems to be a recurring theme with fathers who want custody of their children with this agency, lawyer, and judge, which are most used in this type of case. It is foul. It is injustice. It is depriving children of their fathers. It is unfair for parents and children.

We created this GoFundMe to help Allen fight for custody of his daughter who was illegally adopted by providing help with legal representation. Allen has been fighting for years, he has given every dollar to this fight. He has been in hell for four long years. Please, help this loving, caring father continue to fight for his daughter who is loved beyond measure. For Eliza.

Interested in more of Allen’s story? Please visit: www.freeeliza.com.

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