Help Daughter & Father Reunite

Sometimes in life, we find ourselves in hard situations, which force us to seek help. I find myself in one of those situations; I am asking for your help to fund my battle in the family courts, so I can once again be part of my daughter Ruby's life.

 In short, my child's mother, the AOG and the family court have created a big mess that has left me with a bigger mountain to overcome. However, I am very determined to overcome the mess the mother and the AGO have created, and to never give up on my daughter Ruby. No 7yr old Daughter should sneak behind her mother to call her daddy and be punished for it. It tears me up that I am doing everything in my power to be in my daughter’s life to help raise her not only support her financially but support her mentally ,morally and also to protect her from all harm. 

I often find myself crying to sleep knowing everything I know about my Daughter's living and safety conditions, and to not know if she is ok. Until she can seek and call me. The courts have made it so expensive and hard for Fathers like myself to continue in our pursuit to be there for our kids. I have exhausted all my earnings just in filing a SAPCR and hiring the wrong lawyer and on many consultants. 

Finally I found a law firm that is experienced enough and I'm very confident they can help me and my daughter but the first step  is pretty costly. The first step is to file a Bill of Review in the court in where the Mother, AGO, and the judge created that  big mess in filing on the wrong person without proving that he was the Biological father, they went with the mothers word on making their ruling. After that is fixed then second step is to amend my SAPCR petition in the court I originally filed on (separate courts) and continue with my case.  This is why I am on here asking you for your help, any help  is greatly appreciate it and I know my Daughter Ruby would also appreciate it. 

Thank you and may God Bless you.

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HELP CAROLYN GET HER CHILDREN BACK

IN JANUARY 2015 CAROLYN AND HER PREVIOUSLY HAPPY FAMILY WERE VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, WHICH TRIGGERED A SERIES OF TRAGIC EVENTS.

SHE SOUGHT HELP THROUGH LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT WHICH STARTED A CHAIN REACTION THAT HAS SINCE COMPOUNDED TO THE POINT OF UNBEARABLE SUFFERING FOR HER AND HER BEAUTIFUL CHILDREN.

WHILE CAROLYN WAS GOING THROUGH THOSE TOUGH FEW WEEKS  (THAT HAS NOW TURNED INTO MONTHS) SHE ASKED THE CHILDREN FATHERS TO HELP HER OUT BY ASKING THEM TO TAKE THE CHILDREN FOR A VISIT FOR A COUPLE OF WEEKS WHILE SHE WORKED THROUGH THIS SITUATION, AND TRY TO PROVIDE A SAFER ENVIRONMENT FOR THE CHILDREN BY NOT SUBJECTING THE CHILDREN TO THE STRESS THAT POSSIBLY LAY AHEAD, THE FATHERS AGREED BUT, IN SO DOING THE FATHERS GOT TOGETHER AND DECIDED TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE SITUATION, SO THEY JOINTLY HIRED A LAWYER WENT TO COURT AND ASKED THE JUDGE TO GIVE THEM FULL CUSTODY OF THE CHILDREN SITING THOSE THING CAROLYN TOLD THEM WHEN SHE ASKED FOR THEIR HELP.

AS A RESULT DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES GOT INVOLVED AND CAROLYN ENDED UP TEMPORALLY LOSING HER CHILDREN, HER JOB AND HER HOUSE, SHE USED THE LAST OF HER SAVINGS AND TAX RETURN CHECK TO HIRE A LAWYER WHO WAS MAKING HEADWAY TO RESTORE THE CUSTODY OF THE CHILDREN BACK TO HER BUT WAS RECENTLY TOLD THAT BECAUSE THE CASE IS TAKING LONGER THAN EXPECTED SHE NEEDS ANOTHER $7,500.00 RETAINER OR THE ATTORNEY WILL WALK FROM THE CASE AND SHE WILL BE LEFT WITH NO ONE  TO HELP HER WITH HER CASE SO I AM BEGGING YOU TO HELP IF YOU CAN HELP CAROLYN GET HER CHILDREN BACK BY SENDING AS LITTLE AS $10.00 TO HELP PAY HER ATTORNEY FEES PLEASE HELP!! 

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Black Lives Matter 99 Trial Fees

This year on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, eleven white queers and Jews were arrested for protesting the countless murders of unarmed Black people by police officers and vigilantes. The city has continued to prosecute those protesters, offering a plea deal of five days in jail. A federal judge recently ruled that Seattle's protest permit ordinance is unconstitutional and cannot be enforced or used to prosecute “persons engaged in expressive speech.” The city is moving forward with their case against the 11 protesters anyway--violating the Federal injunction-- in a politically motivated effort to suppress the Black Lives Matter movement in Seattle.

Regardless of the outcome of the trial, each of the defendents is paying a personal price. A cloud of uncertainty hovers over their heads as they await the legal proceedings to conclude.

As a supporting community we could help! The trial fees are yet another cost that we could take off of their shoulders.

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Help Tamiko and Her Son Get Justice

Dear Community,

On May 30th, the night of my grandfather’s 86th birthday party, a Seminole County, Florida police officer unjustly arrested my son and me in a convenience store parking lot.  

What began as a beautiful afternoon in a community center filled with birthday decorations turned into a horrific and traumatizing event for my son, my daughter, me and the rest of my family, near and far, who did not sleep until our release. In one moment we were sitting on the porch and listening to stories of my grandfather’s childhood. In the next, my daughter, my son and I were witnesses to a “routine” stop that left a Black man in handcuffs and, ultimately, my own son slammed on the pavement by a uniformed officer. Subsequently, my son and I were charged with obstruction of justice and spent the night in jail.

We became targets in the county that acquitted George Zimmerman of Trayvon Martin’s murder, and the series of events that took place thereafter were inexcusable. In hindsight, even during my most objective moments of remembering, I cannot find an excuse for the man who is supposedly charged with the task “to protect and to serve.” Instead, I remember the abuse of power and the violation of our civil rights and human dignity.

While my son and I were sitting, handcuffed, in the back of the police car, one of the backup officers told my daughter to “just go away.” They left her in a parking lot in the middle of the night, while my son and I were driven to a Seminole County jail.

After dressing in disposable underwear and blue jump suits and spending a few hours in the holding area, my son was taken away. I was later ordered to strip, to "squat and cough," and sent to solitary confinement after I refused a spray-down with a de-licer. I spent the night under sickly fluorescent lights and in a cell with a toilet that smelled as if it had never been cleaned while the prison guards laughed outside the door. 

That night it did not matter that I am a loving mother, daughter and granddaughter. Nor did it matter that I am a writer and educator with a graduate degree who teaches at a state university. It did not matter that I have leadership positions on several non-profit boards nor that I’ve co-founded a non-profit of my own. No one cared that my daughter is a student at Yale nor that my son is studying show production at Full Sail University. It did not matter how many people love me or that I’ve devoted my life to serving my community. We were two more black bodies in an unjust system that is meant to harm our minds, violate our bodies and break our spirits.

I feel a sense of responsibility to challenge this abuse of power in the land of my kin and the county that allowed George Zimmerman to walk free. It would be easier to move on with my life once these charges are dismissed. but I feel a sense of urgency, whatever this looks like, to hold people accountable for their actions, because they will continue to inflict harm and trauma to so many others who are less fortunate than us. 

 It is humbling to ask for help, but I am reaching out to my community to raise $10,000 for representation by an attorney who is a kind man and a family friend. He is gifting us some time and is committed to justice being served for myself and my son. Once we deal with the criminal case, we will take on a civil lawsuit in order to bring light to the unjust treatment and targeting the police engage in everyday. 

Although I have continued to show up where I need to be, I am still grieving the violation of my humanity and for the countless people of color who continue to be harmed by the criminal justice system. Unlike so many other Black mothers, my son survived his arrest. We are blessed to have a network of support, access to resources, and a grandfather who paid the bond for our release.

 Still, my family needs your help.

 Any amount will help, but if you are not able to donate at this time, your prayers and good wishes are equally appreciated. I am so grateful to live in a community that has been so supportive of me, my family and my work.  

 In Solidarity, 

Tamiko

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Move Russett Forward

We love Russett - we chose to live here. However, every neighborhood can be better. Unfortunately, two Board members are refusing to abide by two votes now to recall them - even defying a court order. Why are these VOLUNTEERS fighting so hard to keep VOLUNTEER positions? How do they justify $34,000 in legal fees (and climbing) of OUR HOA FUNDS to keep their VOLUNTEER positions? How do the Russett attorneys explain defying a circuit court legal agreement to hold the recall election within 90 days? So many questions - to get answers, we need to raise funds for our own attorney. Please donate as little as $25 to help us MOVE RUSSETT FORWARD.

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Reunite Mother and Son

 Imagine you’ve just come out of a physically and emotionally abusive marriage.  You have sole custody of your child, and a child psychologist has recommended to the court that your former spouse be given restricted visitation privileges due to the documented past abuse.  The divorce and custody proceedings over, you can now settle into the new routine and concentrate on raising the child you love.

      But there’s a storm brewing.  Your former spouse isn’t done yet.  Suddenly, you’re hit with a barrage of motions which summon you back into court.  Over and over, you have to show up in court to answer these motions, paying your attorney for their services.  Soon, you run out of money, but the motions keep coming, and now you are in court alone having to face a small army of attorneys hired by your former spouse.

      Suddenly, you’re hearing in court that you’re crazy; you’re unstable; you’re an abusive parent; you need to go into counseling while custody of your child is switched over to your former spouse.  And none of the allegations against you have been substantiated, but the judge can only seem to hear the side that has the lawyers. 

      You come to find out that the court appointed child representative is working not for the best interests of your child, but for your former spouse.  In fact, the lawyer you had working for you when you still had money (a very prominent and well-respected lawyer in your city) wrote a letter to that child representative, stating, among other things:  “[You and the opposing counsel are] actively engaged in joining forces against my client and making comments about getting [witnesses] involved to ‘help out’ the problem; the problem being [my client’s] desire to be a mother to her child…[Y]ou have violated all ethical duties as a child representative and attorney.”            

      Imagine being ordered by the court to pay this same child representative a large sum of money every month, making it even harder to afford a lawyer.

      Then you learn that the court appointed psychologist for your child is also fighting on the side of your former spouse, and that this psychologist has been taken to court in the past for similar misconduct.

      And then you realize what it is that your former spouse and his aggressive attorneys are smelling: the rather large Trust coming to you and your child when your ailing father passes away.  And, so, Act II: your former spouse exerts undue influence on your ailing and cognitively impaired father and gets him to change his will, writing you out, and writing him in.  This is what is known in some circles as “elderly financial exploitation.”

      Now it all makes sense.  Play on your former spouse’s team and reap some of the financial windfall – you will be rewarded for your efforts.

    Imagine that you have not only lost custody of your child, you have lost your inheritance, you have been drained financially and emotionally, and, worst of all, you have been denied all access to your child for the last year and a half – total separation, with no end in sight.

      And what of your child, the child for whom you gave up your career while married so you could take care of his special needs?  Has he glided through this unscathed?  Has he been separated from you and isolated from most of his family without consequence?  Hardly.  Your child went from thriving in the Honors program at a school he loved to, under his father’s care, being truant most of the year at his new school, taken out of Honors courses, and being overmedicated and hospitalized. 

      This is the nightmare currently being lived by a good friend of mine, a friend who at this time wishes to remain anonymous to avoid further legal harassment. We have raised just over $1,700 through other means for her legal defense fund, but lawyers are telling her it will take at least $6,000 to take this back into court.  So, we’re trying to raise $5,300 here.  Please help this mother and child reunite.  Please help end the nightmare.

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Insightful links:

Custody Disputes and the Batterer's Advantage http://www.lundybancroft.com/articles/understanding-the-batterer-in-custody-and-visitation-disputes

Maternal Deprivation http://www.savingdamon.com/maternal-deprivation.html

Court proceedings, to the detriment of families, are bought and paid to the highest parental bidder. http://www.rocklandtimes.com/2015/04/01/woman-has-support-of-leading-psychiatrist-in-claims-of-unfairness-levied-against-family-court-system/

More money flows through the family courts, and into the hands of courthouse insiders, than in all other court systems in America combined - over $50 billion a year and growing. http://www.divorcecorp.com/

Protect Free Speech in America

P. Moses Community Activist/Blogger was falsely arrested seven days before Christmas at her home with her 6-year-old son. The charges stemmed from a judge who sought an order of protection to prohibit a Facebook page that spoke of Memphis corruption and abuse of power. P. Moses was held for 35 days this being unconstitutional. Her bond was set at $500,000.00 to prevent her from being released. She heads back to court 6-23-2015 to withdraw the involuntary induced guilty plea. If she re-enters custody, she will have to make bond to be released for a fair trial. Please, show your support for FREE SPEECH and donate every dollar will be devoted to bail and her legal defense.

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2nd Chance for Jeffery

2nd Chance for Jeffery is a group of people working for the release from imprisonment of Jeffery Chapman.

Corrupt Chicago detectives from the notoriously infamous Area One Precinct of Chicago (read a bit of their history here and here) threatened witnesses, falsified statements, and destroyed evidence in order to convict Jeffery in 1990 for the shooting death of a woman, a shooting that Jeffery did not commit.

Jeffery was 23 years old at the time of conviction and has remained imprisoned ever since.  He is currently 48 years old.

New evidence has since come to light: prosecution witnesses have revealed the lies they were forced to tell by the detectives, as well as proof of trial court bias during Jeffery's trial and sentencing-- but Jeffery is without the financial means to hire the legal defense needed and is in dire need of your help.

He has spent his years imprisoned studying, having graduated from Century College's computer programming classes and has taken advantage of the many classes the prison offers in interpersonal behavioral skills and stays far, far away from the people who don't share similar goals.

Jeffery is ready, responsible, and deserving of a second chance, and with your help and concern his hope can become a reality.

Please help him by contributing to his legal defense fund and join us in the effort to bring the truth to light and win back Jeffery's freedom.  All donations will go to aiding in his appeal.  Any donation amounts, no matter what size will be sincerely appreciated.

Learn more about Jeffery by reading his blog:  2nd Chance for Jeffery Or by Visiting 

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The National Trial Lawyers have featured a new form of Crowdfunding to help clients pay their legal fees.

The National Trial Lawyers have featured a new form of Crowdfunding to help clients pay their legal fees.

Help a single working mom!

I'm a single mom, working over 50 hours a week to provide for my son, as well as paying attorney fees for my son’s case on visitation and support. My son’s father keeps fighting over unnecessary things causing additional costs and more money than I had budgeted. I'm already past the point of being able to pay my attorney and because of all the unnecessary hearings we've had. To date, we are only at temporary orders and we still have a ways to go. I've tried my best to work it out as cost effective as possible but in turn he continues to cost me more money instead.

 Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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Teacher assaulting a 12 yr old

On May 21, 2015, my 12-year-old son was pinned against the wall by three other kids in band class. Two of the three kids have bullied my son on and off throughout the school year. Despite having a “safety plan” in place, the teacher did not do anything to stop the kids, which of course, upset my son. The safety plan allowed my son to have a “yellow card” to go see the principal whenever he needed to without teacher approval.

 
My son went to the office to speak with the principal whom "didn't have time" for him and sent him to the guidance office. The school counselor only had 10 free minutes to give my son before sending him on his way. While sitting at lunch with his two friends, a different teacher who witnessed the bullying in band, decided to break up the friends and make my son move. This upset him even more.
My son is a very emotional child. Because he showed that emotion, the teacher told him he would need to go to the office. My son wanted to call me and was told NO; so he went to his locker, got his jacket and was going to leave the school to come home to tell me what was happening.

A male teacher saw him trying to leave and stood in front of him. My son again asked to call me, and again he was told no. When the teacher refused to allow my son to leave he again tried to go around to go out the door at which point the teacher started to yell “Get help he’s biting me”. The secretary, principal and assistant principal all came running down the hall. When the teacher saw the principal, he finally moved and allowed my son to run out the door.

Then the principal called the police on my son, and filed a report stating my son was biting hitting and flailing his arms at the teacher to the point the teacher was not able to restrain him. The officer who found my son called me to let me know he was walking and was extremely upset. The officer asked me to leave work because my son wouldn't talk to him and refused to return to the school.

When I arrived, I witnessed my son balled up under a tree on the side of the road rocking back and forth and crying so hard he couldn't catch his breath. I walked up to my son asked what happened; he said, "That teacher put his hands on me". I was able to get my son to calm down, listen and go back to the school. The officer made my son get in the back of his car and I drove to the school and met them there. 

 
My husband met me at the school while I was waiting to speak with the principal and the teacher. We waited over 2o minutes during which time I lifted my son’s shirt and notice marks on his shoulder and back. He said, “They are from the teacher. “ Once in the principal’s office, my husband and I were told there was a video showing my son assaulted the teacher and they would be filing assault charges against him. Regardless of the marks on my son, the officer said he had no choice but to file the report and send it to the prosecutor. I asked several times to see the video the principal had mentioned, and was never allowed to see it.

As a punishment for the incident, my son was suspended for the remaining 9 days of school and sent home. Two days later, I received a letter in the mail that stated the principal recommended my son be expelled.
There was a hearing held between the Principal, Superintendent and my family. Before the hearing started, I asked if I could have a copy of the video and he said he'd be happy to give me a copy before we left. During the hearing, which was being recorded by both my husband and the Superintendent, the principal told her side of the story and again said she had proof in the form of a video that my son assaulted the teacher.

20 minutes into the hearing, the Superintendent came over kneeled down between my husband and I with his laptop to show us the video. Instead of seeing my son assaulting a teacher, we saw a violent scene of the teaching pushing and kicking my son. He flipped my 12 year old, 90lb son over his hip and slammed him to the ground. My son is a good child who gets good grades in school and has been on the honor roll more than once. The video did NOT show my son hitting biting or flailing his arms AT ALL....

During the hearing, it was stated, "This is the 1st time for the video to be seen"... Despite our attempts to receive a copy of the video, we were told we could not have it until after an attorney was consulted and then the prosecutor would have to approve us receiving a copy. I have called and left many messages for the prosecutor who has failed to contact me back. We still don’t have a copy of the video, and the police won’t even help.

We seem to be getting the run around as the officer’s story has changed multiple times and the schools version of what happened does not make sense. The HD video clearly shows the teacher assaulted my son, not the other way around, and no one wants to do anything about it.
Now we are being told we cannot get a copy of the video without a lawyer. We also can't fight the pending charges against my son or even file charges against the teacher, school, and police dept. without a lawyer. The adult teacher not only pushed, kicked and slammed my son to the ground so hard that he ended up on top of my son. We need to obtain a lawyer to get the help for my son and make those responsible pay for not doing their job, for falsely accusing my son, and for the hurt they caused my son in the process.

This school has a history of incidents like this. Bullying, and not allowing the victim to distance themselves from their attackers. He has not allowed my son to stand up for himself, and out of fear of getting in trouble, my son now allows the bullying to continue. My son does not deserve this. Please help us get a lawyer to see something is done. This school already lost a third grader to suicide from being bullied, and no one doing anything to help. I don't want my son to be next.

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BRING MY GRANDCHILDREN HOME

We have been trying to get 4 of our grandchildren from foster care to bring them home. The rights of both parents were terminated and this is our last hope to bring them home before they put them up for adoption. Our grandchildren are everything; our hearts and soul and we love them dearly.

We hired a lawyer and he sent in the appeal form. DSS replied back that we would have to take DSS to court and get the case re-opened so we can have our chance to get custody of them.

We started remodeling our home because we wanted to better it for our grandchildren and my husband and I are on disability. He’s a diabetic and we both have had open heart surgery. Despite that our health is good we are able to take care of our grandchildren.  

All we want is to have our 13 grandchildren together again. I sit here and cry everyday going through pictures and remembering the good times holidays. When birthdays come around I cry because they are not here. Our lives are not the same without them. Our world fell apart when they were taken from their mother.

On March 24, 2015 we went to court with the hopes the children would be reunited with their mom, instead due to her not having the income needed to support her and the children, and not completing the required classes, her parental rights were terminated. Because we thought DSS would be returning the children to their mother, we didn’t file to get custody.

That is when we stepped in. Now we don’t have the means of continuing to fight for them. Our lawyer said we only have a matter of days. I know this is sudden just putting this on here but our loan fell through and now we need help. We don’t ask anyone for help and we do what we can to survive. We don’t want to even do this but it’s our only hope. We live in South Carolina which doesn’t have a grand parent’s rights law.  I feel it is unfair because I know my grandchildren; they want to come home where they belong. All we want is to bring them home with us. All we need is to get the funds for attorney. Please help if you can and thank you in advance.

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A Public Defender Isn't Enough

On January 1, 2015 (New Year's Eve) I was involved in an accident that lead to me being charged with a DUI with Injury. This is a felony that currently has a potential of over three years jail time. As a college educated, career driven professional, I am fighting for this not to happen.

 

It hurts me to type this, let alone go through it. I'm deeply sorry to myself, friends, and family for even having this happen. If I don't get a lawyer, the sentencing will most likely be a sure thing. I also know the importance of having a really good lawyer, because the best ones I've spoken to do not accept payment plans. They'll only accept a lump sum.  

 

I've used a public defender thus far. Providing her over ten recommendation letters, proof of AA classes (as I was told going would help), and signed up for volunteer work. All of which has not prevented the district attorney's office from still administering the worst deal possible.

 

Not having a lawyer and deciding to let a pubilc defender handle this case has been recently taunted, and I honestly didn't realize I needed one, as this is my first true encounter with the system. She convinced me that the letters and classes would ultimately prevent me from any sentencing, but it hasn't. 

 

Now, this is my only option to begin fighting this charge. Your contribution is appreciated immensely. Thanks for your time and consideration. And again, I'm sorry. I've come so very far in my career that jail is not an option. There's so much more I'd like to accomplish in my life. This was a very harsh lesson I needed to learn and I have faith I'll get through this. Thank you so much. Rest assured that I will find some way to repay you as soon as I can.

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A Mother's Love Is Unconditional

My 19 year old son, O'Shay Toney, has recently been accused of being in connection with a serious crime. As a mother, my heart is breaking and my worry is overwhelming. I do not have the funds to obtain a good attorney for him to achieve the best possible outcome. I was recently diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis and the stress of this is affecting my health. I am asking all family, friends, and others to please help. Any amount would be greatly appreciated! If nothing else, please donate your prayers. A mother's love is unconditional. Thank you in advance to all of you that feel it in your heart to reach out and offer assistance and support.

#TeamToney #FundedJustice 

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The National Trial Lawyers have featured a new form of Crowdfunding to help clients pay their legal fees.

The National Trial Lawyers is an organization formed of the top 100 trial lawyers across the nation. These attorneys meet very high qualifications working in the fields of criminal defense and civil plaintiff trial.  The National Trial Lawyers organization helps its members better their own law practices and firms through education and networking opportunities in an effort to support superior education, skills, and experience. The also feature the top 40 lawyers under 40 nationwide, and have varying other accolades.  

The National Trial Lawyers organization has several publications for its members including a monthly magazine, “The Trial Lawyer”, a weekly e-newsletter “Voice for Justice”, and supports a user based blog “Raising the Bar”. Recently, the National Trial Lawyers featured www.FundedJustice.com in an attempt to introduce its members to a new way for the ever-popular issue of “I need representation but cannot afford a lawyer”.

Funded Justice allows its users to create a crowdfunding campaign in an effort to gain the funds needed to secure appropriate representation for whatever their legal issue may be. The user has the ability to sign in and create their story using pictures and any other media available to them. They then tell their story in their own words. Once submitted to www.FundedJustice.com, the user is able to consolidate all of their fundraising goals into one central location, at the same time having the power of social media behind them to help spread their story.

Platforms like Funded Justice allows for the campaign owner to request donations in any dollar amount from $1 up. Once their story is published, the user can link their story to catapults like Twitter and Facebook to increase the visibility of their story and hopefully spread the word to increase donations. One unlikely donation of $2000 towards legal fees or 20 donations of $100 each, still adds up to the legal fees they need to get help for their legal issues.

Funded Justice’s mission is to help people have their day in court after observing so many people with legal cases who were unable to proceed for justice because they did not have the cash to support the legal fees and costs associated with their case. 

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They can never replace DAD

I have never done this before, but I am here asking for financial help. My children’s mother is trying to modify my visitation to nothing and raise my child support. She is claiming abuse that supposedly occurred in June of 2013. I have tried my hardest at doing this Pro Se, but I feel that an attorney would be in the best interest for me and our children. 

My ex-wife is trying to modify my visitation with my children claiming abuse. She filed a false claim with DCFS and my children have told me that she is trying to make it to where they will never see me again. I understand that pursuant to section 604(b) of the Marriage and Dissolution act allows for a court appointed psychologist to act as a custody evaluator. She signs them up for activities on my weekends to include herself. My ex-wife was sexually molested as a child and removed from the care of the perpetrator and into the custodial care of his parents. Her mother has Munchausen by Proxy Syndrome, which I believe has been passed down to my ex. I have also read that Munchausen by Proxy Syndrome and Parental Alienation usually run together. She also has our children in counseling, which the counselor has allegedly persuaded her to modify my visitation because of their belief that abuse may be occurring. Yet, no report has ever been filed by the supposed counseling service. Pursuant to section 325 ILCS 5 of the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act, as medical professionals they are required to report to the state if they have reason to believe that child abuse is occurring. Our children seem to be very happy when they are with me, yet I feel like they hate me at times when their mother is around. 

How the story started

Planning a vacation to Kansas City with my children on one of my two weekly visits, their mother decided that she didn't want me to take them and threatened to take legal action. When I agreed that she should take action and that I would fight it, she decided to take another route. In June of 2013, after dropping my children off after a weekend visitation, I received a phone call from the Edwardsville Police Department that their mother had claimed that I had choked our youngest. The officer stated that he was inclined to contact me, but their investigation showed no signs of anything happening. Unhappy with the actions of the Police report, their mother then filed a false report with the Illinois Department of Family Services, which was later unfounded after an investigation. Letter enclosed.

 After a year and a half 

In January of 2015, I received notification that their mother was trying to modify my visitations and raise my child support on claims of the above reported abuse. She is also claiming that our children wet the bed at home because they choose to watch scary movies at my house. Yet, my children will tell you that they do not wet the bed at my house, which leads me to believe that something is going on at home that causes them to do it there and not at my house. I do allow them to choose to watch some scary movies with their cousins, at the same time; I explain that what they are watching is not real. Their own brother (she's since remarried and had a child), chases them around wearing a Scream costume and wielding a plastic knife. 

She is also filing for the courts to force me to take them to Cheerleading practice and games during my visitation periods. Anyone who knows me knows that for the past five years, I have taken them to their games. Before last season, their mother called me and begged me to let her sign them up once again, promising that this would be the last year. After talking it over with the children, we all agreed that this would be the last year. She has since been elected to the Board of Directors and now claiming that I have refused to allow them to participate. This is true, because I hold her to her word. As the cheer coach, I was forced to take the children to their mother during my visitation. I don't feel that it is right for her to schedule activities for myself and our children during my visitation; especially when those plans involve her. She does not plan activities that include me during her standard time.  In re Marriage of Charous, A second district appellate courts opinion was that scheduling activities during my visitation, would infringe upon reasonable visitation with our children. 

Counseling

According to their mother, our children are in counseling because of the abuse that I imposed on them. She has stated that both the children’s counselors have informed her that it was their belief that it was in the best interest to limit or take away all visitation rights. I only have visitation now as it is every other weekend, alternating holidays and two weeks during the summer, which equates to about 15% of the year. This is what the courts have deemed reasonable visitation. Pursuant to section 325 ILCS 5 of the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act, as medical professionals the counselors are required to report to the state if they have reason to believe that child abuse is occurring, which they have not. 

I am at a loss and really don’t know where to turn. My children are the most important in my life.

Thank you

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Brandon's Fight For What's Right

Hi, Thanks for visiting my brother's fund justice page!

I know WE can do it together.  Most of you know Brandon, he is fun, caring, hard working, & just all around a great guy.    He has stumbled upon some legal issues with his kids mother, and he needs help paying for an attorney ASAP!  (The details are personal, so if he wants you to know I'm sure he has already told you.:)

I don't want him to go through this thinking he is alone.  A $1 will go a long way you guys!

P.S. He doesn't know about this page. I created it for him as a surprise.  It will mean the world to him! Thanks again! :D  

Much love

-Ashley

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Latosha Needs us!

I would like to start this note off by first thanking God for his Grace and Mercy. You see I have a Child that has been incarcerated for about 13 months now. She was sentenced to 15 years for allegedly Trafficking Cocaine in which she never received.

Thru God’s grace we have went back to court to appeal the conviction and won the appeal. You see Latosha Hayes hasn’t been in any trouble before and the State wants to derail her. She will give you the shirt off of her back if she has too. She is a very loving and caring person. A fun person to be around and thou she doesn’t have any children, she loves her niece’s and nephew’s unconditionally.

About two weeks ago she was taken back to court for a bond hearing and in the mist of the bond hearing the State, I believe was so angry that they added two new charges to her sentence. The two new charges consist of Conspiracy to Traffic Cocaine and Money Laundering. Which both carry a sentence up to 15 years if convicted? I’m just asking for a little help from the community to help pay for my child legal fees. I believe these charges a bogus and I feel as if we keep fight that God will truly prevail. He hasn’t brought us this far to leave us. Thanks in advance.

I have set up a trust fund in Latosha Hayes’ name for those of you that are so will and eager to help. I truly appreciate you all. God Bless please understand my pain.

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Mother starts crowd-funding campaign to fight to keep her children safe after the State of Wisconsin fails to uphold protective order.

Mother starts crowd-funding campaign to fight to keep her children safe after the State of Wisconsin fails to uphold protective order.

Legal Crowd Funding For Police Officers – Why Is It So Hard?

Legal Crowd Funding For Police Officers – Why Is It So Hard?

Perhaps the most well known and important legal principle in the United States is that you are innocent until proven guilty.  If you take that rule away then there would be chaos.  We aren’t a country who hangs someone in the public square without giving them their day in court.  There are of course awful countries who do that.  It certainly doesn’t happen in any country that I’d want to live in.

Given all of this, I don’t understand how so many crowd funding companies refuse to accept campaigns for police officers who are accused of wrong doing.  I get that not every officer out there is innocent, but should they have any less rights than any other accused person?  Of course not.  That is ridiculous.  But every week I read an article about a crowd funding service that is kicking off campaigns that were set up to help with the legal defense or family needs of an arrested officer. It makes me sick.

There are few guarantees in life, but I can give you one.  If you are a police officer or fraternal order of police organization looking to raise funds to defend one of your own, we are glad to help you try and meet that goal.  We don’t take sides in any case other than wanting everyone to have a fair shot at a just result in the courtroom.  Crowd funding should be an option for police officers and members of their union should be disturbed by the trend of some companies not accepting their campaigns.

We use the same online security and payment processing systems as the biggest crowd funding companies out there and have a niche to help ANYONE with legal troubles who needs the support of their friends, family and community.  We are a reliable source for any police officer and here to help you if you need it.

If you have questions or want help in getting your campaign started, e-mail alan@fundedjustice.com or call us at (312) 346-6014.  We help everywhere in the United States.

Michael Helfand is the CEO of FundedJustice.com and an attorney in Chicago who also founded the Illinois lawyer referral and legal guidance service www.illinoislawyers.com. 

Custody Fight for Justice, Mother and Daughter need to Reunite

My unwed daughter recently lost custody of her minor daughter, due to a multitude of false allegations that were made by both the father and paternal grandmother that were not even verified by the legal system. The allegations ranged from having a mental condition, using illegal drugs and abandonment.  

My daughter suffered from Domestic Violence, she did not abandon her daughter but was thrown out of her said house in which her ex-boyfriend and she owned together. She never used any illegal drugs and she was never diagnosed of having any mental condtions. She is physically disabled. 

Once she was out of the house, this gave the opportunity for the ex-boyfriend and his mother to completely rob her of all her personal belongings. She was completely robbed of clothes, jewelry, furniture, electronics, household goods, and money leaving her homeless. She was rescued by her immediate family and removed from her said State due to the stalking, harassing and threats from the opposing parties.

She had two Attorneys, one who totally misrepresented her, didn’t protect her and the other just disappeared without notice.  During the absence of my daughter being represented with an Attorney the opposing parties would sneak back into court violating my daughter’s due process rights. The new Judge finally saw that her rights were violated and struck down one of the hearings and set a new one.

My daughter was promised by an Attorney that he would represent her at the hearing but the night before the hearing he called to state he could not due to another hearing he had to attend. He advised her to ask for a continuance but the Judge denied it; therefore awarded custody of her daughter to the paternal grandmother, along with a Restraining Order for the next thirteen years that include her family and friends from any contact with the minor child.

The father gave up his rights stating he would be more interested in his mother caring for the said child. It is sad when one brings into the world an innocent child and then walks away from them with no care. My daughter has always been there for her daughter. She has supported her daughter financially, physically and emotionally.

There is a strong bond between the two. We are going to continue the fight and due to the overwhelming legal fees we are asking for help. We ask for prayers, we ask for support in any way you can. Donations will be so very appreciative and will help us in our fight for justice. I would like to see my daughter reunited with her daughter.

Thank you in advance and God Bless You.  

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Defense For Jared

What if, in your best attempt to do your job, you found yourself facing criminal charges? What if you had no money to raise an adequate defense? Would you want someone to reach out and help?

 Jared is you. Jared is me. He is anyone who tries to do what's right and gets caught in a nightmare. 

While working door security in a popular club, an unruly customer tries to repeatedly gain access. He is told repeatedly that he cannot. The customer then tries to attack another employee, and Jared, without thinking of his own personal safety, steps in. He does this out of honor and conscience.

The end result? ...a man doing his job winds up with criminal charges against him, all for defending himself and others. 

Jared needs a lawyer, or he faces up to 8 years in prison, for trying to do right. This could be you, me, or anyone who actually chooses to risk  his own well-being for those around him. Jared was protector and hero that night. Now, they want to put him behind bars. 

This is the time when you can stand up and make a difference. This is your chance to serve a blow to injustice.

Please donate whatever you can, and may God bless you. 

#ProtectADefender 

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Minister Phillip Burdick's Legal Fund

This Page is designed to get the word out for and help to raise money for the legal costs of my great friend and Christian brother, Minister Phillip Burdick, to pursue his court case. Phil is a Minister of the Gospel, long term care giver, hospice worker, drummer, and Christian man who has been incarcerated since 1977. I used to be incarcerated with him, and before I post information from him I just wanted to tell you my personal experience with him.

I have known Phil since 1999, and Phil has been a Christian leader in the Church inside prison for several decades, discipling and leading many people to the Lord, preaching, drumming, and living for the glory of Jesus, even after TWO separate parole grants that were reversed by the governors Wilson, and Schwarzenegger, respectively. Phil has done 38 years on a 7 to life sentence from 1977, has an exemplary record inside, and He has been a personal mentor to me and has been a counselor of the Lord to many.

He is a cancer survivor, and a true minister of the Lord Jesus, who has been and continues to embody the Gospel of Jesus Christ, despite circumstances that, although of his own making, would make almost anyone else give up decades ago. It is my own personal belief that God continues to keep him there because of all the souls he wins for Jesus, but I still have been hoping and praying that he can be released before the end of his earthly time.

It is with humblness of heart and belief in the power of God that I write this to you today. Please consider some help, either finanicial or personal by writing to him at:

Phillip Burdick B-82439
CMC East #8226
PO Box 8101
San Luis Obispo, Ca 93409

The following are links to his testimony, and other related documents. Please consider carefully and prayerfully. Thank you! MC

Phllip's Facebook, Please add him as a friend

Phillip's Life and Time, his history and what happened

Phillip's Testimony

Some of Phillip's accomplishments inside

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