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Transitioning Custody Costs

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Hello everyone,

My name is Angela if you have been following me for the last 6 years then you probably know a little bit about my situation with my daughter. In 2016 I was actively using drugs and in 2017 the Supreme court deemed me unfit to parent at trial in Chehalis WA and placed my daughter with her grandmother. Shortly after this I moved to Spokane to start fresh, get clean and have a better life, not just for myself but for Bella too. After getting clean on my own I graduated treatment in 2018 for marijuana use only. During my court process I did not have an attorney to represent my case in court until October 2020. When trying to modify the court to change the non parental custody orders I was denied based on a few smaller things I didn't quite understand because I didn't have a lawyer. I have been clean and healthy for many years now, always maintaining a full time income (sometimes two) paying my bills and being a functioning member of society. Since 2017 the court ordered I see my daughter through a supervised professional and was responsible for all transportation costs. For years I had to do this even though I was fit to parent for a long time and didn't need to be supervised around my daughter any longer. Recently on March 9th 2022 Bella was in the vehicle when her father was pulled over at gun point and also with her grandmother. This moved my case along much faster and I was able to get in front of the judge on April 1st 2022 and modify the current Non Parental custody orders. This time I had completed everything I was asked by the court. I won my case and the judge granted a short transition to return her back to my care full time. After the hearing I had to go back in front of the judge and address the transportation issue due to me living 6 hours away. I requested that her grandmother meet me halfway for my visits but unfortunately the judge denied this and is ordering me to be responsible for all transportation again. My visits will begin every weekend starting May 6th until June 18th when I can go pick her up permanently. Hotel costs are running around 200$ a trip and about 100$ in gas per trip. I want to try to avoid missing any visits during this process and make this transition successful. I made this GoFundMe page so I could hopefully recieve some help from the community. Even 5$ will go a long way. GoFundMe takes 15% of donations so if anyone would like I have set aside a "Bella Fund" savings account if you would like to contribute pm me on my Facebook and I'll give you my Venmo information. Any and all help is very much appreciated. I have already had many of you personally msg me wanting to help and thank you all so much you are apart of my change

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Angela Crowe
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Spokane, WA

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