Help Ditra Reunite with Her Children

HELP!!!! My military husband abandoned me and my children. Now he is back and trying to take my kids away. My name is Ditra Shavers, I’m a 29-year-old single mother living in Virginia. I've never been good at asking for help, but in this moment, I simply can’t think of how I can do this by myself.

On March 3rd, a sheriff officer appeared at my door to serve me papers saying, “The father of your children is suing for sole managing conservatorship of your 3 children.” On Dec. 28, I made the mistake of allowing my children's father to take them to Texas. At the time, I felt it was a great idea since we had a nasty separation, and he chose to leave the family and deny/neglect our 3rd child to start a new family simultaneously with his then-girlfriend, who has his now one-year-old child. Two years later, he reached out saying he wanted time with the kids at his new duty station. He promised that communication would be open with the kids and that they would be returning since he has training and deployment possibilities.

On Feb. 21, we got into an argument because he wouldn’t let me and my daughter finish our conversation. On Feb. 24, he then went and lied on court documents, suing me in divorce court for custody of our children. He claimed in the papers that he has had the kids living with him for more than six months and that the kids were living with him due to my actions, which grants jurisdiction of my children to Texas. I have only 19 days, including weekends, to secure a lawyer and respond to the courts in Texas. I’m asking for help to secure a lawyer for my situation as I've never been in any legal dilemmas, and I’m completely overwhelmed with the odds against me. I also need help to get travel arrangements for me to go to Texas and return with my kids.

these are estimates based on the day the further we get to the deadline, I know the prices will fluctuate so this is an estimate of what is needed, and how the funds will be used.

Im asking for financial help because my car is currently in the shop and at the time I was served I had just paid all of my first of the month bills so last minute travel plans for me and all my children isn’t in my budget on top of that the time that it’s taking me to do all of this, I will be missing out on work, which means I won’t be receiving any income I know that this is not the responsibility of anyone but myself but as a human being I’m just reaching out and letting it be known that I do need help.

please, if you have any kind and encouraging words, any prayers any contacts anything to aid me in my situation I am open and greatly appreciative.

I have the help I needed thank you all