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My name is Karen and I’m desperately in need of raising money to pay for my divorce. My attorney won’t do anything until I can pay her.
A little about me….. I was married and with my husband for 26 years and I came home one day from a short trip and he wanted me to pack up and move out. He wanted a divorce and I had paid my first Attorney but she did absolutely nothing for me and now I have no money to pay a new attorney, I was thrown out and made homeless. I had to sleep on peoples couches. A few people helped me out and let me stay in rooms and charged me small rent amounts and I was able to do that and I’ve been in the hospital and I’ve had surgeries and I have more surgeries in the future and my health insurance is going to be canceled , but I have Medicaid insurance to help and I have exhausted asking everyone for help and no one has been able to help me out or loan me money. I’m guaranteed money from his 401(k), but that’s not helping me out right now, in order for me to get it, I need to have an attorney, he stopped paying my spousal support, which was only $600 a month and now I’ve had to go two months with no support. Contempt of court charges can be filed against him, but I need my attorney to do that and without the retaining fee paid, I can’t even do that so I’m reaching out to the public and all my friends to see if there’s anyway they could help me out even if it’s a little bit it’ll add up. I wouldn’t be doing this if I wasn’t desperate, but again I can pay people back, after the divorce is final. I’m also a recovering alcoholic with almost 6 months of sobriety and I’m struggling with mental health issues. I’m getting help there, but the stress of everything is really tearing me apart. This divorce is tearing me apart. The stress is barely manageable. I’m probably gonna get social security because of all my health issues, but I’m still going through that process too. So as you can see, I’m at a standstill where I can do nothing because I have nothing for the first time in my life. I was put in this position, to where I need help. I was always the person that everybody came to for help, and I would do that. I have helped many people out. I’ve loaned money that was never returned, which was fine. I just forgot about it and forgave it. I’ve helped out so many people in the past when they needed it, and I never imagined I would be in a position where I needed it and where I have to reach out to the public to help me. If I have to go into court on my own I’m not going to get hardly anything, I do not feel like I’m entitled, but I do feel like I deserve something for giving up 26 years of my life and I was thrown out like a piece of trash and I did nothing wrong to deserve this. Yes, I have my issues and I am working on them and trying to become a better person so I’m just pleading and hoping that there are a few people out there with really good hearts, that can help me out in my time of need. If I could work right now, I would be but I can’t due to physical therapy after shoulder surgery and soon thumb surgery and then back surgery. I suffer from many things.
May God bless you all and thank you for those that can contribute and hopefully I can raise enough money or borrow enough money to be able to pay the attorney soon.
I’ll be forever grateful for any help! Thank you!
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    • $5
    • 11 mos
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Karen Callahan
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Grove City, OH

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