Hi, my name is Irma, most know me by my middle name Angelica. I never thought I would be here asking total strangers for help, but I’m desperate and in great need of a family lawyer to help me advocate for my son and myself in our custody case against my ex-husband. I’m just a mama who needs to make sure this custody case ends on what is best for my son and my son only. Unfortunately, a lawyer is something I can’t afford; I live on a month-to-month income.

A bit of my back story: I was married to this man for 4 years. In that time, I lost my self-worth, self-love, and my purpose in life. He was extremely abusive—something I had never experienced before—mentally, emotionally, verbally, and sexually abusive. But somehow, he always had a way to reel me back when I wanted to leave him. It wasn’t until the day he became physically abusive, held me by the neck, pinned me to the wall, and slapped me. This was the first time he laid hands on me, and in front of our then 3-year-old. When I saw our baby laugh, run up to me, and hit me on the leg, then saw his dad laugh with him, I knew I needed to take our son out of that toxic environment. I didn’t want him growing up to be abusive like his father.

But how does this world work? How is it that a woman finds the strength to pick up and leave to save her child from witnessing abuse just so the courts take him right back into it? I will never understand this. Now, I do want my son to have a relationship with his father. I’ve bitten my tongue so much to make sure my son sees his dad as a good person. But he recently remarried, and this woman has done nothing but cause so many problems. Since she’s been here, it’s all false accusations and her claiming I’m trying to get back with her husband—“Not in a million years.”

The problem is, she blocks my number from his phone and doesn’t let me talk to my son when he’s with them. My son is autistic and has ADHD. He tells me he misses me and now refuses to go spend time with them, says they fight, yell, and cuss at each other. Of course, that makes him uncomfortable, but it’s a court order, so I have to send him. Currently, we have 50/50 custody. I need this lawyer because I need help making sure they can’t keep me from communicating with my son when they have him, and whatever else needs to be done for the safety and well-being of my son.

Please help with whatever you can. No donation is too small, and if you can’t donate, I ask for prayers. Please pray for us, pray for my son to have the best outcome for his emotional and mental health.

Thank you for taking the time to read and for all the help, whether it’s monetary or in prayer. God bless you.