Help Jenny Reunite with Her Son Daniel

Over the last year, I lost custody of my son. Although, I hide it well, I have been dying inside of a broken heart from false allegations that allowed my ex to wrongfully strip my young son away from me.

The only chance I have of to regain custody of my son is through a final appeal, and appellate attorneys are charging significantly high legal fees for representation.

It was August 17, 2023, while picking up my son from school, where I was blindsided by his father serving me papers to take temporary full custody of my son. Never did I imagine that someone like me could lose custody.

He’s my best friend and he was taken from me over false allegations, despite clear evidence from my Ring surveillance and a thorough CPS investigation that found father’s claims of abuse as UNFOUNDED. It was a third party child professional, known as a “special master” who had favored father for paying her $8K. She wrote a false report stating she interviewed our son. She wrote the report on my ex’s behalf to grant him temporary full custody of our son. I have surveillance of an interview with my son in his room that was completely inaccurate to her written report.

In July of 2024 that temporary custody order became permanent and I only have 2 weeks left to raise money to retain one of the many attorneys I have been seeking to help me file my appeal and to reclaim custody of my son. My goal is to bring it back to a 50/50 custody share as our son deserves to have his Mom and Dad in his life.

Our son should have never been used as a pawn. His father is upset with me for the separation and needs help coping with that anger. He should have never taken our son from his mother out of spite. Attorney’s who I have spoken to have stated that it common for jealous fathers to feel threatened by potential new male figures in their child's life, fearing they might be seen as replacements. This insecurity often drives them to manipulate situations, attempting to control the child’s relationships out of a misplaced need to assert dominance. These actions, rooted in fear and instability, are more reflective of their own emotional insecurities. Rather than involving the children in their conflict, what’s truly needed is therapy to address these underlying issues & to help them cope with this change.

My son has clearly shared in visitations that he misses me and doesn’t know why he can’t see his Mom as much. He said he was told that Mommy had to take medication by his Dad, but that’s not true. His father obtained reports written against mother from professionals who have terrible reputations on Yelp. I went to obtain my own psychiatric evaluation from neutral medical providers who confirmed that I am in no need of medication and that I am stable and fit to care for my son.

Despite a year of positive reports from the original supervisor, my ex requested a new supervision company, even though supervised visitation should never have been required due to them being allegations. All previous reports confirmed our son was always safe and happy with me. I'm concerned this change is an attempt to bring in another biased professional who might falsely label me as "erratic," jeopardizing my chances of regaining custody.

The video evidence of the “special master” has been submitted as trial evidence, but it was not properly presented in court as father’s lawyer tried to deflect with audio of mother stating that I coach my son, when all that is heard is just a mother trying to help her son find his voice. Teaching him how to stand on his own and speak the truth.

I found attorneys who have firmly stated that no consent is needed to show my video as it’s a demonstrative form of evidence relevant to the case that is proving that the sworn statement of the special master seen interviewing my son should have never been considered nor should it have granted the current order. It strips all of her credibility away as a trusted child professional.

I will be asking the court to have father seek help for his anger issues. The current message allows any jealous ex to fabricate abuse claims and gain control over their child without evidence.

I have all substantiated evidence from CPS and police wellness checks stating that father’s allegations of abuse were unfounded. Yet how am I still here?

It’s all because a dishonest third party child professional who was paid $8K by father. She wrote a false report stating mother is abusive to her son when I have video surveillance proving that her written reports don’t match what my son actually says in her interviews. My son clearly says his Mom doesn’t hit him and that it’s his father who hits his Mom, yet she purposely leaves those details out of her report.

I've never been abusive towards my son, in fact, I'm a survivor of abuse who had healed after I dropped charges against my ex when he lost custody in 2020.

I just want to move on and co-parent peacefully to give our son the beautiful life he deserves. We managed that for a while, but my ex has been quietly plotting to take my son from me. These are signs of mental instability as he knows our son should not be going through this. This is his ego getting in the way of doing what’s best for our son.

Since 2020 when my ex initially lost custody, he had been trying to retaliate from that case. With that case, I agreed to drop charges due to his own father’s passing (my son’s paternal grandfather). I had compassion for him and didn’t want him mourning his father in court. I just wanted to move on for the sake of our son’s well being and trusted that my ex would seek help for the abuse he inflicted on me.

My ex also lost the school residency in 2022 as the Judge stated that mother seemed to be the most sincere in wanting what was best for our son and that father seemed to be having a “power trip”. After that ruling, in an email to the school district my ex states he will have the school residency overturned. What’s the only way to have school residency overturned? By claiming abuse. The judges also suddenly changed after that school residency and that’s when my ex started up again with litigation in trying to retaliate.

According to several child experts and family law attorneys, this is common in jealous ex’s when the mother begins to move on. They stated that a jealous ex will go to any length to gain control of the child out of spite. Unstable, jealous exes often overlook the long-term emotional damage of taking a child away from their mother.

I love my son with every ounce of my heart. He and I are victims of a legal kidnapping and in the supervised visitation visits that I’ve had to have in order to see him, he expresses this. Even if his Dad says he seems "okay" or "happy," it's not normal for a child to be suddenly stripped from their mom for no justified reason. Children are resilient and can be bribed to smile, but the loss of his mother will leave lasting damage on his future.

I was victim to his father’s abuse for nearly 10 years and just tried to do the right thing by moving on, but I’m now suffering the abuse of him stripping my son away. I was also with him for nearly 10 years and appeared happy most times while also protecting him as this was a sign of codependency that many victims have. We protect our abusers and I feel that my son is almost living that same feared life that I was. Saying anything I need to in order to protect someone who I thought I loved and who I thought loved me.

To seek justice, I have tried starting the appeals process on my own, but I need an attorney to help me navigate through the rest of this very emotional process. As mentioned, the attorneys legal fees are overwhelming. They are asking for $100K, and other attorneys are in the $50K+ range. While I’m preparing to sell my home, the equity falls short of covering these costs. As a technical recruiter impacted by the tech layoffs, it’s been difficult to find work. I have 2 weeks to file the appeal, and I need your help to retain the right lawyer to get my son back.

I’m humbly reaching out to ask for your help to raise money for the right attorney to help bring my son back home. I would be forever grateful for any amount you can offer to help reunite me with my son.

Even as little as $5, would make an impact. I understand many are facing their own struggles, so if you can’t donate, please share this link in your stories or within your network and pray that my son can be reunited with me.

Losing a child over false allegations and being forced to cash out my 401K, sell my home, and fundraise just to prove my innocence is an unimaginable burden.

I’ve endured sleepless nights and the deep pain of a broken heart. But through faith, prayer, and the strength God grants me, I find the will to keep going every day.

Thank you for any donation to help bring my baby boy back home.