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Help a father in need see his only child

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Hi, I'm a proud loving father who's desperately trying to remain a part in my child's life.  It has been a few years since I've been out of the abusive relationship with my ex and just recently she decided to continue her abusive behavior by restricting my time with our daughter and going against the court order.  It is court ordered that I see my daughter every other week and as of writing this (3/24/19), I have only seen my daughter 5-7 days since the start of the year to no fault of my own.  I have attempted to make up these days, but I cannot communicate with someone who ignores me and straight up withholds my daughter from me.

I need to take this to Family Court and I plan to take this fight to its logical conclusion.  I need representation and unfortunately, it will take me too long to come up with the funds myself to retain a lawyer.  I don't want to miss any more time with my daughter than I already have, the only person my ex is hurting at this point is my daughter and I do not want to see her go through this anymore.  I love and cherish all the time I get with that little girl and she does too, she loves her dad and the time she does spend with her dad a whole hell of a lot.  The sooner I reach my goals, or close to my goals the faster I can take this to court and stop this.  Anything above my goals, or that is unused will go to making more memories with my daughter and ensuring that those memories are able to be made.  If the goal is exceeded beyond reasonable expectations, those funds will be used to prevent this from happening to another man.

It goes without saying, but I am also a male domestic abuse victim / survivor.  Her mother is my abuser and through her manipulation, I was trapped for years in a relationship that only hurt me and my daughter.  If you are able to help, this would mean more than the world to me.  Right now, I feel similar to the way she made me feel when I was trapped.  Just completely helpless, but now I have the wisdom that I'm never completely helpless, ever.  I have a great support network and sometimes, you just need to ask for help and that's okay and sometimes help is there even when you don't know it is.

I would deeply appreciate any support that could be given, if you aren't able to donate if you're able to spread this on your social media that would mean more than the world to me.  My daughter is my world, I care about her more than anything and love that little girl with my entire being.  I lack the vocabulary required to show the deep gratitude and I appreciation any support means to me.  This seven year old girl is my world, she taught me how to love and so much more.  My daughter will be extremely grateful for anything that can be done, shares or financial.  Today  (3/24) when I went to pick up my daughter for our scheduled visitation, she cried to her grandma saying "It's supposed to be my daddy day today."  after being cut off by her grandma I heard her cry and that broke my heart more than anything that woman could try and do to me.  Any support is a step to help prevent that from happening to us again, it's a step to help preserve a holiday, days, moments and memories that I'll never be able to get back.

Thank you for reading this, thank you for support and thank you for helping my family and helping me remain a part of my little family.

3/27 UPDATE:  Thank you all for the support!  I am speaking with a lawyer today and the retainer is quite high for this one so I had to increase the overall goal.  Again, thank you for all of your support I am greatly appreciative of everything you all have done for my daughter and I.  My daughter doesn't deserve to be abused like this and I'm glad you see that too!

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Bryce Cook
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Menasha, WI

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