Good morning Union church, my name is Hayley Howard. I joined Union church in 2017, I became a member, got baptized and served in the clubhouse for Sunday school. I attended and served most Sundays. In 2020 due to being abandoned by my children's father I had to move out of town with my daughters. We still attended and served as much as we could even though I only had my daughters one weekend a month due to their visitation schedule with their father.    In 2023 around Easter time (I reached out to Mrs. Nobles head of children's ministry to speak with my daughters about the abuse audio their dad had done to them (mental, verbal, emotional abuse and a threat of physical violence to "bust them in their f***ing mouths on that recording authenticated by investigator Motley with the Chatham police department my daughters cry out and say how scared they are of the abuse) my children's dad's girlfriend started saying family therapy counseling is needed to take place at Union church with pastor Adam (the dad went on to send me harassing appclose messages saying pastor Adam called me a narcissists and that I needed help. That further damaged my home church for my daughters and I).    I had been harassed, threatened, cussed out at child pick up by the girlfriend and was a member of Union church. I saw it as a moral and ethical issue to turn my place of worship into that kind of situation. The girlfriend became the wife and retaliated against me and my daughters as the year proceeded. The dad filed in court for 50/50 custody and to lower child support in January of 2024.    Recently I've been in an entire year court battle in which horrible falsehoods and 3rd party hearsay is rampant. There was a suicide note forced on my oldest daughter by the dad and stepmom. The dad to my daughters stepsister had the same suicide letter and narrative forced on to her to grab custody from him of his child. The stepmom and father of that child have authenticated that as truth. There has also been drugs on the dads side THC, Cocaine and other abuse during this battle for my daughters. There was a GAL of Chatham Virginia court appointed to my daughters case in 2024. GAL knows of the glass drug pipes (my daughters described them to her) and the abuse audio all of which she downplayed to help the dad and his attorney.  GAL  began a hateful smear campaign against me in which every report she'd write was against my daughters best interests. GAL used these false court reports to destroy my motherhood, my bond with my daughters, my parental rights, my family, and my good name. GAL also filed a CHINS narrative on my oldest daughter that went against my daughters well child check up of healthy, well oriented, alert, and no distress the month before. In the CHINS GAL states my oldest daughter's mental, physical, and condition was a danger to herself and in danger.  GAL falsified my address in her attempt to make me appear unstable. The falsification of my address lead to our neighbor of four years receiving GAL's CHINS summons, that neighbor has known us for years and cried stating how untrue those words against my daughter was. The neighbors children and grandchildren are great friends of ours and all of our children play together. Unlike GAL our community, neighbors, family, and friends actually know us and our life.   GAL most recent 26 page report (October 28, 2024) listed Mrs. Rose and Mrs. Nobles. In this report written by GAL that my father and I read yesterday at a court hearing it read as follows " Mrs. Rose and Mrs. Nobles stated they were concerned for my mental health and the well-being of my daughters" GAL report goes on the say my oldest daughter was baptized at Union church, that all of the adults attended, and that I was behaving nervous that Mrs. Nobles had to calm me down and that I lashed out at her. Union church knows neither of my daughters have been baptized at Union church yet.  GAL went on to state in her court report that Mrs. Nobles (along with estranged half sibling Mrs. Phaup) told GAL that they are afraid that I will kill my daughters by drowning them in the lake (we've lived at for four years with me having full physical custody) like Susan Smith. My father and I have been deeply affected by reading that grossly horrible inhumane report. GAL has made it her duty to defamate my character and remove my daughters from me.    My daughters and I do not deserve the destruction that GAL has done to us in her crime against our family. I also am reaching out to inform Union church of the defamation GAL has said about staff members Mrs.Rose and Mrs. Nobles.     Please let me know if any action will be taken regarding this matter even reaching out to the court and or GAL regarding her ghastly horrible report stating members of this church took part in her narrative to compare me to a woman that murdered her children (Susan Smith) and aided in the custody grab and the cutting off of my contact with my daughters.      There has been so much corruption slander and defamation that ended my normal joyful life by GAL and many witnesses that are also coming forward to inform the public of these crimes. GAL made it her mission to paint me as crazy, paranoid, attacking, stalking, and now a child murder. GAL further destroyed my family by trying to place a two year no contact order against me and my daughters. GAL J.A.B. has also asked the court drive me to a psychologist in Wertz Virginia a Dr. Dahl. I reached out to Dr. Dahl that stated she'd never heard of such a thing (I have our audio and messages saved for evidence).   My father Mr. Howard has been there since day one and has lived with my daughters and I for four years. He has given his testimony and has notarized his statements in which he is in complete opposition to GAL J.A.B. demonizing me and falsehoods against me. My father has never witnessed any substantiated evidence of GAL’s claims.      I also ask Union church prayer team to pray for my daughters and I as we will never be the same as our innocence, trust, and joy have been wrongfully robbed from us by GAL. My daughters and I are suffering severe maternal deprivation we have had very little to no contact. The last time I saw my little girls was 9-29-2024, the last time we've been allowed a phone call was 10-7-2024. Being my daughters full time care giver for their whole lives this has damaged us severely.    For help I've gone to the wyca for the years of domestic violence, the new CPTSD, and have had to have therapy for the trauma perpetrated against my daughters and along with the severe maternal deprivation. I also ask Union church to pray for GAL J.A.B. as it isn't normal nor humane for a GAL bar member to slander, defamate, and harm women and children in such an ungodly horrific manner.    Thank you,   Hayley H.     Mr. Howard (witness)