Help Save My Grandchildren
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Justin is my oldest son and he, along with his wife Liza, his stepdaughter Gaia (age 9), daughter Maia (age 6), and son Seth (age 5) live in the Philippines. For a few months my daughter-in-law, Liza has been acting unusual, belittling Justin, wouldn't feed the kids, sleeping in the spare room, and disappearing for 3-4 days at a time. Gaia is the oldest, and though Justin is not her biological father, he married her mom when Gaia was just 28 days old. My son is the only father she has ever known, and he loves her like his own. I have never met my grandchildren, and my health is too bad for a 22-26 hour flight, my doctor said I couldn’t risk it. I only know them only from a web camera and phone conversations. It was difficult to watch them sleep via camera as babies, and not be able to hold them. Now, I may never get to know them.
Eventually, the truth came out about Liza’s strange behavior. She wants her freedom, to party like when she was young, she has admitted to committing adultery, and now she is pregnant, and doesn’t even know the man’s name. She taunted Justin with the fact she was running around. Her treatment of him has been so bad these past months that even the children were asking why their mom was being so mean to him.
Last night, while Justin slept, she took his babies and all their clothing, birth certificates etc... She didn't leave a note, and he doesn’t know where his children are.
She is taking these precious children into a bad environment of alcohol and prostitution, my son and the police suspect she may be on drugs. Liza had said when she left once before that she was coming for the children, and intends to drag them from pillar to post, from friends house to friends house. She has no hopes of supporting the children, and there is the possibility she will prostitute herself, exposing the children to a very dark side of life. She admitted to marrying Justin to escape having to prostitute, and when his income made a dramatic drop, she began to make his life and the children’s life miserable.
The friends of hers that she thinks they can bounce between are not a good influence on innocent children, and her family lives in a tin shack without running water and dirt floors. The last time Gaia visited them she caught tuberculosis and it nearly killed her.
Justin needs hire an attorney, find his children and bring them home, and then to the U.S. where they have a chance of a decent life. This will not be free; it will involve the police, courts, lawyers, immigration, adoption, and a host of other problems.
He will have to adopt his stepdaughter, he can’t register her as a U.S. citizen born abroad because she is not his biological child, and he can’t immigrate her without bringing his wife who no longer wants to be married.
His wife will probably go to prison; adultery is illegal over there and carries a stiff prison sentence. She will also lose custody of the children. First, he has to find them, and then hire a lawyer to get custody of the children. Once all of this is taken care of, there will be passports for all, plane tickets and travel expenses. My son doesn’t make a lot of money, and I don’t have any to help with the costs due to my health.
I can't bear to see my grandchildren condemned to a life of homeless poverty in a third world country. Seth has asthma, and suffers from heat rash. He has to sleep under air conditioning, and in the Philippines, he will not have it unless he is home with his father.
Please, help us to find my grandchildren, and then to bring them and their father home to the U.S. It is hard to gauge the cost of legal fees under the circumstances, but Justin doesn’t want to leave Gaia behind. It may be an over or under estimate but I estimate the costs to be $25,000. Liza is not a decent mother, she doesn’t know when a child is so sick they need a doctor, she will hardly ever cook for them, wash their clothes and has been abusive to the two girls, especially Gaia, the oldest. That is because Gaia’s American father would not marry her, and rarely sent money.
If you can find it in your heart to help save my grandchildren from a destitute life, thank you. I want my grandchildren to be safe, and loved. I would love to be able to know them, to do all the things a grandmother does with her grandchildren, but their safety is foremost, and action to return them to their father is required to be fast before they disappear forever. Thank you.
Eventually, the truth came out about Liza’s strange behavior. She wants her freedom, to party like when she was young, she has admitted to committing adultery, and now she is pregnant, and doesn’t even know the man’s name. She taunted Justin with the fact she was running around. Her treatment of him has been so bad these past months that even the children were asking why their mom was being so mean to him.
Last night, while Justin slept, she took his babies and all their clothing, birth certificates etc... She didn't leave a note, and he doesn’t know where his children are.
She is taking these precious children into a bad environment of alcohol and prostitution, my son and the police suspect she may be on drugs. Liza had said when she left once before that she was coming for the children, and intends to drag them from pillar to post, from friends house to friends house. She has no hopes of supporting the children, and there is the possibility she will prostitute herself, exposing the children to a very dark side of life. She admitted to marrying Justin to escape having to prostitute, and when his income made a dramatic drop, she began to make his life and the children’s life miserable.
The friends of hers that she thinks they can bounce between are not a good influence on innocent children, and her family lives in a tin shack without running water and dirt floors. The last time Gaia visited them she caught tuberculosis and it nearly killed her.
Justin needs hire an attorney, find his children and bring them home, and then to the U.S. where they have a chance of a decent life. This will not be free; it will involve the police, courts, lawyers, immigration, adoption, and a host of other problems.
He will have to adopt his stepdaughter, he can’t register her as a U.S. citizen born abroad because she is not his biological child, and he can’t immigrate her without bringing his wife who no longer wants to be married.
His wife will probably go to prison; adultery is illegal over there and carries a stiff prison sentence. She will also lose custody of the children. First, he has to find them, and then hire a lawyer to get custody of the children. Once all of this is taken care of, there will be passports for all, plane tickets and travel expenses. My son doesn’t make a lot of money, and I don’t have any to help with the costs due to my health.
I can't bear to see my grandchildren condemned to a life of homeless poverty in a third world country. Seth has asthma, and suffers from heat rash. He has to sleep under air conditioning, and in the Philippines, he will not have it unless he is home with his father.
Please, help us to find my grandchildren, and then to bring them and their father home to the U.S. It is hard to gauge the cost of legal fees under the circumstances, but Justin doesn’t want to leave Gaia behind. It may be an over or under estimate but I estimate the costs to be $25,000. Liza is not a decent mother, she doesn’t know when a child is so sick they need a doctor, she will hardly ever cook for them, wash their clothes and has been abusive to the two girls, especially Gaia, the oldest. That is because Gaia’s American father would not marry her, and rarely sent money.
If you can find it in your heart to help save my grandchildren from a destitute life, thank you. I want my grandchildren to be safe, and loved. I would love to be able to know them, to do all the things a grandmother does with her grandchildren, but their safety is foremost, and action to return them to their father is required to be fast before they disappear forever. Thank you.
Organizer and beneficiary
Myra Lucas
Organizer
Wilton, AL
Justin Lucas
Beneficiary
