I wish I had the money to hire an attorney, Let me give the layout here and my belief that I have a very strong case.
Court November 1999: Your Honour I am an active drug addict and at this time am unable to care properly for my child, I am requesting that her father recieve custody at this time due to that fact.
Father: Your Honour I would like custody for now and Lisa can have daughter back when she is clean and have proof:
Judge: It is so ordered custody shall be given to father.
That is the short version, of that court hearing I can get transcripts of htat hearing to prove that.
June 6 2002, I live in Nashville Tennessee 300 miles away from child, father sends child back to live with me (THank God) not knowing if I am clean or not, not even doing anything to find out, (I am clean at this point). I register child in school there. October 6 2002 I move back to Indiana due to drug dealers moving across the street I move to get away from that, I transfered daughters school from Nashville TN to Linton IN. Father is informed of my moving back to Indy and the reason why I move back. Father still does nothing to try to take daughter, except send me numerous e-mails saying if I don't do what he says then he will come and get her.
March 4, 2003. I file Petition to Modify in Hamilton County. Father states to Judge that mother is drug addict and that is why he is refusing mother custody of said child, then also states that mother never keeps him informed of schools matters, when the Judge ask father if he has problem with daughter staying with mom to finish the school year father then states that he has no problem with that since daughter is doing so well in school.
At this point father has refused to pick daughter up and refused to help with any medical bills or any other expenses I have that documented in e-mails. Now he is saying that he is the one that has always came and picked child up and brought her back to me. I have many witeness and statements saying that, that is just not true. He is also trying to say that he is the one that has always been responsible for my daughter. The fact of that is, is that he denied paternity until daughter was 7 years of age. he had her a total of 2 1/2 years and refused me to see her throughout that time. He is not only truying to use my adiction against me but is now trying to use and old drug case against me that I was found not guilty on, but yet he spent 3 years in prison for attempting to sell hash, and pot (can't spell MARj). I have done very well on my own case thus far with help of people like the ones on this board. So as far as an attorney again I wish I had the money to hire one but I don't. My basis on regaining custody are that father sent child to live with me 300 miles away not know if I was still using or not and he sent her to live with me over a year ago. This could go on and on, Could any one give me any advice on all this. Do you think my chances are good?