Support a Father Fighting for His Children

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Where to start...?

Honestly, I'm just trying to save my kids from an abusive ex. I am approaching $100,000 in legal fees and I lost a custody battle I've been fighting for 2 and a half years because of a wildly biased judge. To appeal this is going to cost even more - not to mention the egregious "equalization" I'm being ordered to pay as a part of the divorce settlement (something in the neighborhood of $150,000 in direct payments to her and her attorney fees).

In a nutshell, here is what's going on:

My ex believes she is going to marry Chris Hemsworth (yes, THAT Chris Hemsworth) and have babies with him and that they are eternal soulmates.
My ex has convinced my children that I'm not their real father (Hemsworth is).
My ex has convinced my 2 daughters that I r*ped them when they were little. I've been investigated in 2 states for this and the results were the same in both states: The accusations are classified as unfounded. I even took a voluntary polygraph that the court refused to admit into evidence. As a result of the false accusations, I have not seen my daughters in 2 and a half years, even though the court ordered us to attend therapy together (my ex simply ignored the order).
My ex accused me of financial abandonment even though I've paid her every month since I left.
My ex accused me of physically abusing my children, including cutting my oldest son with knives when he was little and trying to hide it. My oldest son wrote a letter to the judge denying this ever occurred.
A licensed psychologist and a licensed family therapist both testified IN COURT in front of the judge that I should have sole legal custody of all children and primary physical custody of all children because of poor judgment of their mother, poor hygiene of my children, and poor parenting on her part.
The psychologist determined that my children meet the clinical definition of "alienation" (where the feelings of the children toward a parent are inconsistent with their actual experiences) and that this is due to the "parental indoctrination" of their mother against me.
My children have not been to the dentist in over 3 years because they "don't want to". They do not brush their teeth regularly, and my ex does not ensure they have good dental hygiene.
My children do not bathe regularly. My youngest admitted that he hadn't bathed in over a year, which was confirmed by my ex in an email (and submitted to the court).
My ex claims to "unschool" my children - in practice, this means the kids do whatever they want all day every day. They are primarily on screens (video games, YouTube, Netflix, Disney+, etc.). I have Microsoft family monitoring emails showing that this often exceeds 60 hours per week of entertainment. In spite of this, the judge ordered me to allow the children to continue to be exempt from attending public school. The judge did order my ex to stop unschooling, but as with everything else, my ex ignored that order completely.
I've contacted CPS (more than once) to report the hygiene issues (which were included in the report by the psychologist after conducting a home visit, and which was submitted to the court) and lack of education, but CPS failed to conduct a thorough investigation and did not provide me a reason why.

Honestly, I could go on a lot longer, but you get the idea.

The long and short of it is that this has been a long and brutal experience and my resources are depleted. I'm in debt on multiple fronts from this experience and my ex has not been held accountable by the judge for pretty much anything at this point. I have seen no justice in Nebraska.

My options are to just drop the whole thing or to try to appeal the judgment in an effort to overturn the custody ruling, which will cost thousands more. I'm trying to do the right thing as a father, and as the only one who can give my kids a fighting chance at a future out of the influence of a literally crazy mother. I've just reached the end of my runway.

I appreciate anything you're willing/able to donate. I plan to use any donations to appeal and/or pay existing debts I've incurred to fight for my kids.