Story

After 17 years of marriage to a abusive alcoholic I finally broke free and divorced him. Unfortunately what happened next would almost kill me. I was nowhere near prepared for life as a single woman and had no idea who I was or how to live. I was a mother and wife for so long and I was very very good at both. I didn’t know who I was without having someone else to live for. I was lost and found comfort in all the wrong people and vices. Which led to struggling for 7 years now through drug abuse and homelessness. My ex used everything in his power to keep me on my knees and helpless making it nearly impossible to fight for my children and my life. He gained full custody of our children in 2019 after my car was stolen and recovered by police when he refused to go with me to claim my vehicle since the car was financed in his name although awarded to me in the divorce I could not do anything without his approval or presence. He then filed for custody and had me served by the courts at our home which I no longer resided, he and his current wife now lived there. I was never notified of the court date until 12 hours before after my daily phone call with our children when my ex informed me intentionally setting me up to fail since I had no transportation and now lived over an hour away. He was awarded custody by default. I was indescribably devastated and went deeper into darkness and addiction. He refused to let me even speak to my children. I would get sober and relapse a few times over the next few years. He pressed charges had me arrested for a credit card we had a joint account with during our marriage and closed. They sent a promotional email asking to reopen I replied and they sent out everything as it was before. I only used the card in my name. Conditions of my release were to have no contact with my ex. This would be what ultimately gave him control and completely eliminate me from my childrens life. They were already told so many horrible things and his current wife whom my daughter now called mom done a fantastic job at manipulating me and our children by not answering when I called and then only calling back when she was certain I wasn’t able to answer because I had no phone service and no Internet service which to my children would look as though I never called and never responded when they called me and now they want nothing to do with me. Our oldest son is graduating high school in May and our daughter is going to junior high. I’ve not spoken to or seen them in two years. I’m sober and been in recovery for two years finally have a nice home of my own and continue work on healing. I desperately need a legal representative to speak for me and my children in court. I tried once by representing myself and failed. The judge doesn’t know everything only what his attorney has allowed. PLEASE 🙏 HELP ME