M
miami-ted
Guest
What is the name of your state? Fl
Hello all,
I am a 44 year old single, disabled mom. I am a recovering addict. I live on social security and have no money after rent and food to afford an attorney so any legal assistance would be greatly appreciatted and may God bless you. I have sought help through the various legal assistance opportunities here, but they all have a rather lengthy waiting time and some are not even taking on new cases. God has blessed me with a child, a beautiful little girl and although the circumstances of her conception are rather unflattering she is loved very much. It will surely be the only chance that God allows me to raise a child and I so want to do what is right by her. My problem is that the baby was initially taken away from me by the state at the time of her birth because I was deep in addiction. I have, however, now committed my life to God and living drug free. I have been recovering from addiction since shortly after my child was born which is now going on two years, although I did relapse three times in the beginning but only for one day and then immediately got back up and recommitted to the right way. I have now been clean for 9 months and been through and completed a complete 6 month program.
My problem now is that the state wants to give my parents, who have custody of my daughter, permanent custody. My parents are not nice people and of my 4 siblings 2 have similar problems to mine although they are not confined to a wheelchair. My father is a controller and hard task master and very cold and non-affectionate. My mother is one of those moms who hides her head in the sand and allows this tyrant free reign. She is extremely passive, submissive to the point of lying if it is what he asks of her. I now have an appearance coming up August 5, 2003 in which the state is seeking to make this final determination and I need all the help I can get. If anyone knows of an attorney in the Miami area that will work for a greatly reduced rate that I might be able to make some kind of payments on I would really like to find them. I do have a few friends that will support me and do what they can for me financially, but it would certainly be very limited. One friend just gave me out of the kindness of his heart a brand new $700.00 wheelchair and bought $300.00 worth of gifts for me to give to my daughter and I am so grateful that God has seen fit to put this man in my life. He is married and living in the Cape Coral area and how God ever was able to reach him for me I will probably never know, but He is a great God! Well, I have stated my case and I ask for help. Again may God bless you all and watch over you. Tammy
Hello all,
I am a 44 year old single, disabled mom. I am a recovering addict. I live on social security and have no money after rent and food to afford an attorney so any legal assistance would be greatly appreciatted and may God bless you. I have sought help through the various legal assistance opportunities here, but they all have a rather lengthy waiting time and some are not even taking on new cases. God has blessed me with a child, a beautiful little girl and although the circumstances of her conception are rather unflattering she is loved very much. It will surely be the only chance that God allows me to raise a child and I so want to do what is right by her. My problem is that the baby was initially taken away from me by the state at the time of her birth because I was deep in addiction. I have, however, now committed my life to God and living drug free. I have been recovering from addiction since shortly after my child was born which is now going on two years, although I did relapse three times in the beginning but only for one day and then immediately got back up and recommitted to the right way. I have now been clean for 9 months and been through and completed a complete 6 month program.
My problem now is that the state wants to give my parents, who have custody of my daughter, permanent custody. My parents are not nice people and of my 4 siblings 2 have similar problems to mine although they are not confined to a wheelchair. My father is a controller and hard task master and very cold and non-affectionate. My mother is one of those moms who hides her head in the sand and allows this tyrant free reign. She is extremely passive, submissive to the point of lying if it is what he asks of her. I now have an appearance coming up August 5, 2003 in which the state is seeking to make this final determination and I need all the help I can get. If anyone knows of an attorney in the Miami area that will work for a greatly reduced rate that I might be able to make some kind of payments on I would really like to find them. I do have a few friends that will support me and do what they can for me financially, but it would certainly be very limited. One friend just gave me out of the kindness of his heart a brand new $700.00 wheelchair and bought $300.00 worth of gifts for me to give to my daughter and I am so grateful that God has seen fit to put this man in my life. He is married and living in the Cape Coral area and how God ever was able to reach him for me I will probably never know, but He is a great God! Well, I have stated my case and I ask for help. Again may God bless you all and watch over you. Tammy