<div>Hi, my name is Alyssa and I am raising funds for a mama and baby/toddler duo that, due to safety and legality issues, need to remain anonymous. If you know who this is, please keep in mind their safety when sharing. It took a lot of courage for them to ask for help. I’m referring to mama here as B and the babe (now 3 years old) as N.


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<div>When N was only a few months old her father, who has extreme mental health and substance issues, had an episode involving gun violence resulting in a child abuse charge with N. Terrifying.


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<div>At that point, the courts appointed B with full custody of N.


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<div>Last year, on good faith that N’s father had changed his ways and was in stable condition to care for his daughter, B consented to letting N’s father have some unsupervised time with her again.


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<div>Quickly and tragically, B realized that she had made a mistake in granting N’s father unsupervised time with N… but if you are familiar with the family court system, you know that it is very hard to reverse a decision without consent from both parties or substantive evidence of harm.


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<div>That evidence came recently during a relapse on drugs and a mental health crisis with N’s father. N has been back full-time in B’s care since then by circumstance but will need to be legally seen. Papers have been filed and a hearing is on the calendar.


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<div>Last month, N’s father filed a claim for custody. <strong>B is very, very afraid of what could happen to N if she is in her father’s unsupervised care again.</strong> Unfortunately, even with very documented abuse, this is absolutely possible, especially as N’s father has obtained a lawyer and B has not beyond free legal help from Pisgah Legal.


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<div>Unfortunately, the pro bono legal help has not been sufficient for B to feel confident that she is going to have the best chance at protecting her daughter. Money talks and it’s very dangerous for N for her safe, loving, fierce advocate mama not to have fair representation in this case.


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<div>The US family court system, sadly, is just not set up to be fair. Great parents lose cases and custody all the time because they were not able to afford a lawyer but the other non-custody/non-child support paying parent was able to hire one.


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<div>Thankfully, <strong>B &amp; N have a loving community that is committed to not letting this happen and with your support, we can help B continue to keep N safe.</strong>


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<div>B currently has a consultation with an excellent lawyer at the end of the month. The consultation fee is $350 and for B to retain this lawyer to fight for her and N in court, it will be $5,000.


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<div>All in all, a court case like this could end up costing $10k. B is a low-income full-time parent who cannot even depend on child support.


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<div><strong>Please help us raise the funds necessary to protect N and ensure that the time she spends with her father is safe. Thank you.</strong>


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Urgent: Legal Help Needed for B & N

Urgent: Legal Help Needed for B & N

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