Hi! My name is Aubree, i’m a 24 year old single mom to my 2 year old daughter, ayla. The day my daughter was born was the best day of life, she means everything to me.

I’m currently going though a custody battle with my child’s father for full custody. I went through my entire pregnancy alone, it was not until I was 8 months pregnant that my daughters father decided he wanted to be involved. I so badly wanted my daughter to not be raised in a broken home that i decided to try and make it work with her father. However, when Ayla was two months old that was when he decided to move back home and leave me all alone to take care our child; so that’s exactly what I did.

I bought every box of diapers, every can of formula, every piece of clothing, and took her to every single appointment etc, while he was doing whatever he pleased back home. When Ayla was around 8 months old, he finally got in contact with me after months of little to no communication and asked me to move to Oklahoma (where he lives) because he so desperately wanted to be apart of Ayla’s life… now.

Again, wanting what was best for my daughter, I decided to move there so he could be apart of her life. Once I moved up there, he was still not being a father. He couldn’t be by bothered by her and it absolutely broke my heart. Eventually, after 6-7 months of me begging him to be more involved in her life, I finally told him how I wanted to move back to florida with my daughter, where all my family and friends were. It was that exact moment that he jumped from not wanting to have the responsibilities of being a father to immediately trying to take full custody of our child. It blows my mind how after everything he’s done to both ayla and I, i’ve never once tried to take or keep her away from him. I was always more than willing and wanting to have him be apart of her life, and now he’s trying to take her away from me permanently when i’ve done nothing but loved, cared, and provided for her, her entire life.

The case has been going on for almost a year now, and every time I thought mediation had finally helped us come up with a plan that allows us both to be involved in Ayla’s life, he turned around and petitioned the court for full custody. We were doing one week on and one week off and I thought it was going well, until on my pickup day, he refused to give me my daughter with no explanation of why and since then I have not had her overnight, and have only seen her a couple of times in the last five months for only a few hours at a time because I have not been able to get an attorney to fight him in court.

I’ve finally accepted that he’s never going to legally want me to be apart of Ayla’s life because now’s he’s taking the case to trial. I’ve tried everything in my power to find an attorney that I am able to afford. I’ve tried loans, legal aid, payments plans, but nothing seems to work out. I’m officially at the point where I have no other option but to ask for help. As much as I absolutely hate asking for help, I would hate to lose my daughter because I was scared to speak up and try and get the help I need.

The date to set trial is April 20th, 2026 and I would need to get an attorney within a week or two after that court date.

With that being said, if you are able to help donate anything at all or even spread my story around, just know that I will be forever grateful.