Help Leila Secure Safe Visitation for Her Children

Support Legal Help for Our Family

Hi, my name is Leila, and I’m a mother of five beautiful children. I’m writing this with a heavy heart, asking for your support as we navigate a painful and emotionally challenging situation that’s affecting my kids—especially my 7-year-old daughter, McKenna.

Over the past few months, my ex-husband has made choices that have harmed our children emotionally, and I'm desperately trying to protect them from further damage. He has been neglectful and allowed emotional and verbal abuse to occur. He is pushing for overnight visits that our daughter is no longer emotionally able to endure.

Why We're Asking for Help

McKenna, who has recently been diagnosed with autism, is especially vulnerable. She needs stability, sensitivity, and a consistent, supportive environment—something her father is unfortunately not able to provide at this time. Despite being given many chances, he has shown patterns of emotional neglect, verbal abuse in the home from others, and lack of understanding around McKenna’s diagnosis.

She’s come home crying after being body-shamed by her father. She’s had night terrors. She’s been left unsupervised with an adult who has verbally abused, shut down her feelings to the extent she stopped speaking to her therapist, and has physically hit her—while her father is aware and sleeps in the basement while they are on the second floor and the abusive adult is on the first floor. And recently, she’s been exposed to adult conversations about court and the police, making her fearful that me (her mom) might be taken away from her.

My son have expressed feeling abandoned and used as a caregiver while in his home to help attend to his grandmother. his father's mom. He has said he feels their needs aren’t being met, and that their father is largely absent.

This isn’t just about disagreements between parents—this is about the emotional and mental well-being of two innocent children.

What We Need

I’m trying to hire legal counsel to:

**Suspend overnight visits** until it’s emotionally safe for her.

**Ensure supervised, structured visitation** that respects the kids' emotional needs.

**Keep communication focused only on the children**, through my husband, to prevent further stress. He has been mentally abusive, manipulative, and narcissistic towards me. Traits he does not embody when dealing with another man, such as my husband. He has also made a purpose to physically touch me during this hectic time which was unwanted, uncomfortable, and felt like a violation.

**Make sure McKenna’s diagnosis is honored and supported**, not ignored or misunderstood.

Legal support is expensive, but I can’t do this alone anymore. I’ve documented everything—letters from the kids, reports from McKenna’s therapist, and a timeline of events—but I need help to stand up for them in court and secure the protection they deserve.

How You Can Help

Any contribution—big or small—will help us cover legal fees and ensure that the voices of my children are truly heard and protected.

This is about giving my kids a chance to grow up without fear, without confusion, and without feeling like they have to pick sides or take care of adults.

Thank you for reading, sharing, and supporting us in this difficult time. It means more than I can say.

With love and hope,

Leila Harris-Breen