I never imagined I would have to publicly ask for help just to stay in my children’s lives.

Over the last several years, I have fought constantly to maintain a meaningful relationship with my two children while navigating repeated moves, unstable parenting arrangements, canceled visitations, and ongoing barriers to communication. I am now involved in an interstate custody battle in Florida after years of proceedings in Idaho, and I simply do not have the financial resources to continue this fight alone.

This is not about revenge or anger. This is about my children.

My children are currently six and eight years old. They are homeschooled and spend nearly all of their time isolated from the outside world. I have growing concerns about their educational development, social development, and overall stability. As their father, I believe children deserve consistent access to both parents, structure, learning, friendships, safety, and the opportunity to grow into independent human beings.

Over and over again, I have tried to stay involved in their lives despite enormous obstacles. I have driven long distances, paid for hotels I could barely afford, rearranged work schedules, and fought through constant uncertainty just for the opportunity to spend time with them.

There have been repeated incidents where parenting time was canceled with little notice after travel plans and expenses had already been committed. I have experienced long periods where communication with my children became inconsistent or restricted. Even simple things like scheduled calls and visits have often become emotionally and financially exhausting battles.

At one point, I learned through my child during a video call that they were moving to Mexico. I was initially told it was simply a vacation, only to later receive legal filings indicating plans to remain there. Throughout all of this, I have struggled to understand where my children would be living long term and how I could remain a stable presence in their lives.

I have also experienced situations where I was watching my children remotely through video calls while they played near streets or in unsafe situations, completely powerless to physically protect or help them. Those moments deeply affected me as a father.

Most recently, multiple court-ordered visitations have either been disrupted, postponed, or canceled, including holidays and birthday-related parenting time. Each cancellation has carried emotional consequences for both me and my children, as well as financial consequences that I simply cannot continue absorbing on my own.

Despite everything, I continue trying to approach this process calmly, respectfully, and through the legal system. I am not trying to attack the mother of my children. I am trying to build a stable, enforceable parenting plan that protects my relationship with my kids and ensures their long-term well-being.

The reality is that custody litigation is incredibly expensive. Interstate filings, attorney consultations, travel expenses, court costs, document preparation, transportation, housing during visitation, educational evaluations, and ongoing legal enforcement have become overwhelming.

Right now, my immediate goal is to enforce the existing parenting schedule and prevent additional financial demands that I simply cannot afford. My understanding is that this phase of the legal fight alone will likely cost around $5,000. But I also know this may become a much longer battle because I refuse to give up on being an active part of my children’s lives.

If circumstances ever make it necessary to pursue full custody in order to protect their well-being and stability, I will do everything I can to fight for them. At the same time, my attorney has explained that full custody is extremely difficult to obtain in Florida because the courts strongly prefer both parents to remain involved in their children’s lives. Ironically, that is exactly what I want too. I believe children deserve meaningful relationships with both parents whenever possible, and all I am asking for is the ability to consistently be their father.

I am asking for help because I cannot do this alone anymore.

Every dollar raised will go toward:

* legal filing costs

* attorney consultations

* custody litigation expenses

* travel for parenting time

* transportation costs

* educational assessments

* document preparation

* housing and visitation-related expenses

* maintaining consistent contact with my children

More than anything, I want my children to know that their father will never stop fighting for them.

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