Stu's Life Matters

I’m starting this fundraiser for my close friends that are dear to me and they are in dire need of some help to continue their fight to help keep their son safe & stable. I'm just asking for at least a $5.00 donation and to share their story.

This is their story:
They have a seven year old adorable boy named Stu and his quality of life hangs in the balance. A father and his step-mother have been trying to get Stu out of a bad situation for a long time.

Stu's life began with his Father having full custody. His mom signed her rights away when Stu was only 3 months old, she was never around. She did her partying and whatever else she wanted. When Stu was a little over a year old his biological mom decided she wanted visitation. A wealthy family member provided the money to take Stuart's father to court where she won primary custody because his father couldn't afford an attorney then. Stu’s dad appealed the decision, but since he did not have an attorney he did not file all the paperwork needed. Once it went thru the appeals process the decision was not overturned and the court locked his dad out to where he could not file for a year. Ever since then Stu's life has been from school to school, house to house and so on. During this time Stu’s biological mom would not let Stu’s father talk to or see him for months at a time. Stu's Dad and Step-mom have been trying to get Stu out his current situation because of all the house changes, and school changes Stu has had to deal with another problem he is living in an apartment meant for 2-3 people that has 6 people living in it, 4 are children all living in ONE room.  

While all of this is going on his mom has put him on ADHD medication that causes him to be in a zombie like state and becomes violent at times. She has done this so he will calm down & prevents him from being an active sweet curious boy that he is. He does not need the medication and she has convinced this sweet lovable boy that he does. Since being on this medication it has caused him to lash out in school and in her home because of the current situation he cannot control because he desperately wants to live with his father.

Here are some things that his father and stepmom have, had to deal with on a day-to-day basis before they won the temporary full custody.

· Not allowing Stu to talk to his father, stepmom, or brother on a regular basis
· If she doesn't get her way in any situation she cuts off communication completely.
· She goes to doctors, therapists and counselors and tells them all kinds of lies to them in order to help support her case. (I have seen the lies. Thankfully the counselors and doctors realized what she was doing and documented it correctly.)
· She schedules events and other functions during Stu’s visitation time with his father.
Stu has zero contact with the father’s side of the family.

As hard as this may be for someone to except Stu is borderline failing the first grade. One wonderful benefits for this child is that being with his father and stepmom means that he will be homeschooled alongside his older brother. This is going to mean a lot for Stu and his education.  He will be getting the one on one attention that he needs so that he is able to learn.           

Even though Stu’s dad & stepmom live paycheck to paycheck they were able to save and sell every valuable thing to retain a lawyer. Once the attorney was retained she started right away with all the evidence and had Stu’s mom served the documents. It was as thick as a ream of paper (see pictures), with this Stu’s dad won a temporary order in court which gave his dad full custody.

Now that she has recently retained her own attorney & is fighting back this is causing their attorney bill to be over $3,000 and getting bigger by the day. The law firm that their attorney works at is making the attorney withdrawal from the case soon if they don't get in some more money. Even Stu's older brother started giving some of his paycheck that he earns from his summer job to help pay towards the attorney fees.

Please help me to help this family out and not have to sell the rest of what little they have left. Any donations that you can give will help relieve some of the burden on this family. If there is any extra money I will make sure that the money goes to other fathers that are seeking custody of their children. It's coming down to money instead of what is right for Stu's life.

Thank you for taking the time to read this story and look through these fun loving pictures, if you have any questions please contact me.

Another picture of Stu being silly towards his family, totally excited.

Stu and his family see the love pure joy.

Stu just got off the plane and being silly, he loves his family.

Stu's dad and older brother.

Stu holding his stepmom's hand, precious.

Stu running down the airport runway to greet his family.

This is what was served to Stu's biological mother.