Help Hire A Divorce Lawyer for my Mother

Hello, my name is Toni Rahyns, and I am raising a fundraiser for my mother to get a divorce lawyer. My parents have been married for 26+ years and been through a lot together to say the least. My mom has always been by my father's side, through many good and bad times. Yesterday, my father handed my mother letters in the mail like any other normal day, and there were letters from three different divorce attorneys giving her notice that my father filed for a divorce. They are living together in the same house, and my father didn't have the audacity to let my mom know ahead of time that he wants to call it quits. My mother is 59 years old and has been retired for years because of a near death experience when I was a toddler. She suffers from epilepsy and was given medication treatment from a hospital that caused her to have Steven-Johnson syndrome. This is a serious condition that caused my mother's entire body to burn. Not to mention, she suffers from permanent vision loss because of this reaction. Thus, she was forced to retire from her job at the time, and my father promised that he would take care of her. My father owns a lawncare service that has been in business for over 40 years and my mother was the secretary. She gave him the idea for his company name that hasn't changed since he started the business.

Sometime last year, with no communication to my mother, my father found someone else to handle the invoices, and book work. Then, he explained how he wants to retire. He asked my mom if she could help with more bills around the house and she did. Then, in last December, my mom got diagnosed with breast cancer. My mother informed him of her diagnosis and that she would not be able to give as much money towards the bills as before, because she had to pay her own medical bills. My father then complained that she wasn't helping around in the house. After my mom was in recovery from a successful surgical removal of the tumor, he complained that she wasn't doing her wifely duties: cooking, cleaning, etc. After showing my mother the light bill, gas bill, water bill, and mortgage, he portrayed this reality that he is not doing well in his business and really needs help unless they will lose everything including the house. My father has lied to my mother and I numerous of times. The biggest lie is that he needs help paying the mortgage. He said that he would need to sell the house because he can no longer keep making the payments. However, my mother found out today that the house has been paid off since July 2021. My father also lied about the household bills and said they were so high every month. When my mother investigated each one, they were at least two months behind!

Before moving back home with my parents to start medical school, my father would tell me how my mom is not being a good wife and isn't doing anything to help around the house. He was painting such an ugly picture of my mom. There were times I almost believed him. But thankfully, I can see what is really happening. He is the bad person in this scenario, not my mom.

I am in shock how my father has handled this situation and lied for so many years. He has been taking the money that my mother has given for the house and saved up enough to get a lawyer and set up his retirement. He has shown that 26+ years mean absolutely nothing. My mother asked him where she is supposed to live when all this is settled, and he told her that she could go into a retirement home. My mother is classified as disabled because of her health conditions, emotionally unstable, and needs help with finding a great divorce lawyer that will fight for her in this horrible case. My mother has less than 10 days to respond or else my father is able to go free without paying her anything. Please help any way you can we truly appreciate it.