Help Michelle Escape Financial Abuse and Fight Back

Help My Daughter Escape Financial Abuse and Fight for Legal Protection

Hi, my name is Gail Moulton (Brent), and I’m reaching out on behalf of my daughter, Michelle. She is a devoted mother of four who is now trapped in a legal and financial nightmare — without income, transportation, or legal representation — while navigating a painful and dangerous divorce from a man who has left her completely cut off and struggling to survive.

Michelle never imagined she'd be here. She worked hard every day — not only raising her children, but also helping to build and operate her estranged husband’s construction business. She believed in their future. She stood by him through years of substance abuse, infidelity, hospitalizations, and now, pending criminal charges. She gave him grace, stability, and endless chances to heal.

But when Michelle finally stood her ground and refused to quietly let him sell off their assets, relocate, and erase his own dangerous behavior — everything changed.

❌ Cut Off. Abandoned. Blamed.

Michelle’s estranged husband stopped paying her salary, even though she was still listed in the company payroll system. He took away her access to the company’s finances, refused to cooperate with her attempts to apply for unemployment or assistance, and left her in a state of emergency with four children to support.

Now he is represented by multiple attorneys, fully funded by business and marital resources — while Michelle has been left to face the court alone, without an attorney, without a car, and without the means to survive.

She has been stripped of everything — her job, her income, her transportation — all for speaking up and trying to protect her family.

This Isn’t a Typical Divorce — This Is Retaliation and Financial Abuse

Michelle’s only “offense” was refusing to stay silent. She refused to watch someone she once trusted:

Control every dollar in the household,

Use company funds for personal indulgences,

Dissipate marital assets behind her back,

And ignore the harm caused by addiction and criminal negligence.

And now? She's being punished for it.

She's representing herself against seasoned lawyers while applying for assistance — just to put groceries on the table.

Why We’re Asking for Help

We are trying to raise enough to retain a family law attorney who can:

✅ Demand the salary Michelle earned and was denied for months,

✅ Secure temporary spousal support while court proceedings continue,

✅ Protect her right to transportation and shared property,

✅ Stop her husband from intentionally shutting down the business just to avoid paying support,

✅ Help her reestablish medical and financial support for her children, including child support that has been delayed by legal obstruction.

Michelle isn’t asking for revenge. She is asking for the basic right to survive — and to protect her children during this crisis.

Every Dollar Truly Helps

If you’ve ever known what it feels like to be silenced, shut out, or controlled — you’ll understand why we’re asking for your help.

Even if you can't give, you can share this link and bring light to a situation that has been kept in the dark for far too long.

Thank you — truly — from the bottom of our hearts.

– Gail Brent & Family