Help Samone Secure Legal Protection for Her Family

Greetings! My name is Samone. Life’s circumstances have brought me to this platform to ask for your help. My three children and I are seeking a fresh start. I am asking for assistance with obtaining a lawyer to represent me as I divorce my verbally, physically, emotionally, and mentally abusive husband. We were married for 18 years. I am the main caregiver for my children, a homemaker, homeschooler, and serial entrepreneur: a photographer, educator, writer, breastfeeding peer counselor, and more.

In September of 2024, my ex-husband-to-be and I had a discussion in which divorce was brought to the table. I agreed that we should part ways and not stay in a toxic cycle, just for the sake of our children. In that same discussion, I was confronted with the threat that he would “make me disappear” if I were to ever “play with him about his children.” He demanded full control of the divorce process, and months later, it was apparent that he would prolong the filing of any paperwork. Even the mention of needing a mediator was met with discontent, and the suggestion of an attorney just to understand the legal process was dismissed with the reproach of, “that’s why I bought a Black’s Law Dictionary. Use it.”

In the prior years, he frowned upon the mention of therapy and isolated me from family and friends. His mood would change like the weather, but nevertheless, I tried to stand by him as I vowed, for better or for worse. As I weathered the storm, I could not speak to anyone outside of him about our issues. Even as I attempted to vent to a friend, I was cornered with disapproval, anger, and chastisement that I was “putting people in our business.”

On Saturday, May 17, 2025, my ex-husband-to-be physically assaulted me and wanted me “out of his house, but leave his children.” There was no way that I would abandon them and leave them in the hands of him, his live-in girlfriend, and her friend who had moved in temporarily. As well, our youngest is 2 and still breastfeeds.

On the evening of May 21, 2025, I left the house with my three children to seek shelter in a haven of peace. After he made a statement to me over the phone that assured me that the abuse was not going to end, I knew I was on borrowed time to escape. In my effort to leave, his girlfriend held my youngest child (2 years old) hostage (under his orders) and threatened to assault me if I attempted to retrieve my baby. He also ordered her to call his supervisor to the scene to prevent me from leaving with my two children, who were secure in the vehicle. I was not leaving any of my children behind. After assistance from law enforcement, I was able to leave the premises with all of my children (ages 13, 4, and 2). Upon my leaving the scene, he demanded that I leave the key, harassed my children to keep the location tracker on their devices, and made many death threats to me. I left the key to prevent any fuss and told him not to touch my belongings.

I placed a temporary protective order against him and his girlfriend. I also filed for divorce at the beginning of June 2025. His girlfriend was served, showed up to court, and I was granted a 12-month TPO against her, providing some layer of protection for me and my children. Since he evaded being served, the judge dismissed the TPO against him and set in place a restraining order, attaching it to the divorce case. The judge sent a message through his girlfriend that the order should encourage him to have a seat in court to move forward with the divorce if he truly sought to see his children. My ex-husband-to-be was said to be out of town working on the day of court, but either his girlfriend was giving him details about what I drove and who I was with that day, or he was in the vicinity of the courthouse with his 18-wheeler work truck. My family who accompanied me to the court and who assisted in providing transportation for me to leave the house safely with my children were threatened and harassed by call and text from my ex-husband-to-be (while I was in court) for helping me.

At the end of the court session, his girlfriend also agreed (under oath) to cooperate with the sheriff's department and be at the residence (that day) to unlock the door so that I could remove my and my children’s belongings. Upon leaving the court, she never showed up at the residence to meet the awaiting officer and myself. My ex-husband-to-be refuses to cooperate with any law official and feels he can keep me from ever entering “his house” again, telling law enforcement that he changed the locks, which they continue to assure him didn’t matter. They told him that I have rights to the house and situations such as that can be handled by law, peacefully or by force. He had begun a smear campaign on social media since the night I left and was given the message by the judge to stop cyberbullying, but to no avail. He has a current warrant for allegedly assaulting a repossession agent and is avoiding accountability at all costs.

I need an attorney. I need a professional who knows how to legally support me and my children through this ordeal. If you can, please donate. If you can’t, please share. And if you can’t do any of the above, keep us in your thoughts and prayers.

Thank You