<div>Help Us Bring our Nephews Home — Custody Attorney Retainer Fund/TPR filing
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<div>Hi, my name is Ashley, and I’m coming to you as a mother and family member whose heart is breaking.
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<div>We are raising funds to retain a custody attorney to help us fight DCS and bring our babies, back home where they belong — with the family who has loved and raised them as our own.
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<div>Our Story
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<div>Our Nephews have been part of our everyday lives since they were very young. They weren’t just “placed” with us — they became our children in every way that matters.
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<div>We were there for everything:
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<div>Doctor’s appointments
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<div>Therapy visits
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<div>Bedtime routines, holidays, birthdays — all the moments that make a childhood
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<div>We provided them stability, structure, safety, and unconditional love. Our home was their safe place — the place they knew as family.
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<div>Then our world was turned upside down.
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<div>Both children were removed from our home under false allegations, and from that moment forward, our lives — and theirs — changed overnight.
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<div>Despite our bond, our history of care, and our continued involvement in their lives, we have been forced to watch from the sidelines while decisions are made about their future.
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<div>We were even told at one point that our home would be reopened, giving us hope that they would return — only for that to be taken back, leaving us devastated all over again.
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<div>Why We Need Help
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<div>We have done everything we can on our own.
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<div>We’ve made calls.
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<div>Sent emails.
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<div>Filed complaints.
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<div>Advocated every way possible.
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<div>But the reality is — fighting DCS without legal representation is nearly impossible.
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<div>To move forward, we must retain a custody attorney immediately.
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<div>The retainer alone is $6000, and that is just the first step. This attorney will help us:
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<div>• File motions for placement review
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<div>• Fight for kinship placement
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<div>• Advocate for our nephews best interests in court
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<div>• Challenge decisions that have kept them from family
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<div>• Work toward bringing them back home where they are loved and known
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<div>The Emotional Toll
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<div>There are no words for the pain of having children you love ripped from your home.
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<div>The silence where their laughter used to be.
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<div>Empty seats at the table.
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<div>Questions you can’t answer.
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<div>We still show up for them every chance we get — because no matter what, they are ours in every way that matters.
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<div>They deserve stability.
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<div>They deserve familiarity.
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<div>They deserve to grow up surrounded by family who has always fought for them.
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<div>And we are fighting with everything we have to give them that.
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<div>How You Can Help
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<div>If you feel led to support our fight, we would be forever grateful.
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<div>• Donate — any amount helps us get closer
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<div>• Share — spreading our story means everything
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<div>• Pray / send positive thoughts for our nephews
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<div>We never imagined we would be in a position to ask for help like this. But this fight is bigger than pride — it’s about bringing our babies home.
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<div>From the bottom of our hearts, thank you for standing with us during the hardest battle of our lives.
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<div>— Ashley &amp; Jeshawn
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