My name is David. I'm not sure where to start with this as this is very painful for me to write.
I have been alienated from my 3 beautiful children for almost 2 years, by my ex wife. I have seen them twice for about an hour. We had a bad marriage, we tried to make things work because our oldest daughter had leukemia (she is in full remission now) but it wasn't working out and I left. This unfortunately deeply hurt my ex wife. She moved 5 hours away with our 3 children and has not let me seen them since.
I have been able to retain counsel, however she is not settling for me to see my kids at all and funds are running low. I still pay over 1400 in child support monthly, she qualifies for legal aid, I don't. My lawyer was just able to make a motion and negotiate access at a supervised centre once a month. This is new and will take effect shortly after all the intake process is done. This alone cost me 2000. But with the amount of child support I pay monthly, along with the travelling time in one day to see them for an hour and the legal fees, it is getting very hard. I'm not ready to give up and that is why I am turning to this. I need help. If this goes to trial, I am not sure how I will be able to afford a lawyer. The costs will be well above $40,000.
This is unjust, I have never done nothing to harm or hurt my children. She is strictly not allowing me to see them because she is hurt. This is not fair to our children either. I would love nothing more but to be a father figure in their lives. My extended family has never met our children, my ex is not giving me any information on their health or education and the only pictures I have of them are the ones I took on my phone last time I saw them. To make matters worse, my two girls have been turned against me. They did not want to talk to me last time I seen them. My son, who is the youngest, was the only one to speak and play with me, he is too young to understand the hate his mother has against me, yet... I fear that the longer she alienates me from them, the more they will not want to speak to me.
Thank you all in advance. Anything helps.
David
I have been alienated from my 3 beautiful children for almost 2 years, by my ex wife. I have seen them twice for about an hour. We had a bad marriage, we tried to make things work because our oldest daughter had leukemia (she is in full remission now) but it wasn't working out and I left. This unfortunately deeply hurt my ex wife. She moved 5 hours away with our 3 children and has not let me seen them since.
I have been able to retain counsel, however she is not settling for me to see my kids at all and funds are running low. I still pay over 1400 in child support monthly, she qualifies for legal aid, I don't. My lawyer was just able to make a motion and negotiate access at a supervised centre once a month. This is new and will take effect shortly after all the intake process is done. This alone cost me 2000. But with the amount of child support I pay monthly, along with the travelling time in one day to see them for an hour and the legal fees, it is getting very hard. I'm not ready to give up and that is why I am turning to this. I need help. If this goes to trial, I am not sure how I will be able to afford a lawyer. The costs will be well above $40,000.
This is unjust, I have never done nothing to harm or hurt my children. She is strictly not allowing me to see them because she is hurt. This is not fair to our children either. I would love nothing more but to be a father figure in their lives. My extended family has never met our children, my ex is not giving me any information on their health or education and the only pictures I have of them are the ones I took on my phone last time I saw them. To make matters worse, my two girls have been turned against me. They did not want to talk to me last time I seen them. My son, who is the youngest, was the only one to speak and play with me, he is too young to understand the hate his mother has against me, yet... I fear that the longer she alienates me from them, the more they will not want to speak to me.
Thank you all in advance. Anything helps.
David
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David Lenoir
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Gloucester, ON