Untie My Hands So I Can Raise My Children

Hello, I am a mom of eleven children and I am divorced. After trying to survive with only seeing my remaining kids six days out of the month and watching them struggle without me I have decided to fight for them. I am raising funds for court and legal costs to get custody of the two remaining children who live with my ex-husband.

I travel 120 miles round trip to attend teacher conferences, concerts, school events and even take them out for their birthdays. Until recently, I made the same trip several times a week for the 5 children in school. No matter the tremendous strain on my car, finances, time from work and driving in incliment weather it has always been important that they know I am there for them. Depite my efforts I have been blocked and shut out of their lives. My concern for their emotional and physical safety has been ignored. Multiple times emergencies are communicated with me through text or not at all having been notified later through third parties. Even now my daughter is in a hospital and I had to chase down details that my ex-husband withheld from me. I continue to jump through hoops to gain access to my kids information at every turn. Their education is neglected. Their hygein is neglected. Even the school has found me when they could not reach their dad about absences of two weeks or more.

I started the journey to amend the parental plan with an attorney when my 2 remaining children requested to live with me. Unfortunately the retainer fee was $2500 and I could not afford it. This year circumstances have changed in their living and relational situations with details I cannot share and I feel it is time to escalate the fight for my children. I told my daughter and son that I would move heaven and earth to fight for them.

I am humbly asking for assistance with court and legal fees to bring them home so we can be a family together. I am praying for the opportunity to present in their lives so I may actively guide their next steps more effectively with them in my home. My ex-husband has tied my hands in raising my own children. Help me release them.