Hello all ~
I am new to this forum and probably not going to lurk. lol. I have decided to post as I am at my wits end.
I lost custody of my daughter, and only child to her father and I, five years ago. I had birthed her and raised her with mostly help from my mother for five years before her father got her. We were never married. The judge his attorney finally okayed is known by my ex's family and their dads used to be buddies. My ex is very wealthy too. He actually even married a woman (his 4th wife although he was with me longer than anybody he had ever been with) just to get custody.
The kicker is this. The man was abusive to me and I finally left him while I was pregnant because of it. He continued to make life difficult for my daughter and I by fighting with me constantly when she was small for not going back to him. He finally decided to just totally ruin me using the courts because I reported him when she told me he and his then-fiancee were abusing her.
I lost my mom last June 1st. My daughter acts mostly like everything is ok. I am on one two hour supervised visit per week. I am going to court in June to try again to get rid of the supervsion so she can at least come home for visits again. They were sparse but better than the situation is now. They have had me on supervised visits though I don't use drugs, drink, or even date. Ive been on them for two years. I cannot afford them.
I was wanting to hear from someone in my position ... I need to know if you think there is any chance at all that my child and I will come thru this to have a good relationship when she is older. I have a dirty judge, therefore I havent much hope in court.
Please tell me a future including my child when she is older is possible, because I am really in a bad place and want to give up so badly. He has ruined my life.
I hope to at least gain some hope from being here.
lil
I am new to this forum and probably not going to lurk. lol. I have decided to post as I am at my wits end.
I lost custody of my daughter, and only child to her father and I, five years ago. I had birthed her and raised her with mostly help from my mother for five years before her father got her. We were never married. The judge his attorney finally okayed is known by my ex's family and their dads used to be buddies. My ex is very wealthy too. He actually even married a woman (his 4th wife although he was with me longer than anybody he had ever been with) just to get custody.
The kicker is this. The man was abusive to me and I finally left him while I was pregnant because of it. He continued to make life difficult for my daughter and I by fighting with me constantly when she was small for not going back to him. He finally decided to just totally ruin me using the courts because I reported him when she told me he and his then-fiancee were abusing her.
I lost my mom last June 1st. My daughter acts mostly like everything is ok. I am on one two hour supervised visit per week. I am going to court in June to try again to get rid of the supervsion so she can at least come home for visits again. They were sparse but better than the situation is now. They have had me on supervised visits though I don't use drugs, drink, or even date. Ive been on them for two years. I cannot afford them.
I was wanting to hear from someone in my position ... I need to know if you think there is any chance at all that my child and I will come thru this to have a good relationship when she is older. I have a dirty judge, therefore I havent much hope in court.
Please tell me a future including my child when she is older is possible, because I am really in a bad place and want to give up so badly. He has ruined my life.
I hope to at least gain some hope from being here.
lil