My husband has wrongfully filled for special relief to obtain primary physical custody of our three children. This was done out of spite, for me not wanting to stay in a marriage that I was extremely unhappy in. Other reasons, for me having to file for child support after giving him an entire month to help on his own, in which he paid a total of $170 for support for three children. Out of spite for me stating my concerns of inappropriate subjects being said to our children when he had them on the weekends per our original custody arrangement. I stated that if it continued, that I would consider looking into him having supervised visitation, as it would be in the best interest of the children. Thomas and I separated on Saturday, December 7th, after an argument. He left with all three children, taking their social security cards, and birth certificates. When I realized what was going on, I panicked. I did not know where my children were, and Thomas would not talk to me. Thomas and I both went to Courts on Monday, Dec 9th, and filed for emergency custody. I was granted custody and got my children back late Monday night. We attended court on December 26th for Thomas' case against me. The Court treated his Complaint for Emergency Custody as a Petition for Special Relief. The court denied him the relief and dismissed his case, granting me Primary Physical Mon-Fri, and Thomas Fri evening-Sunday evening. This would be followed with a conciliation meeting. At the meeting on January 17th, we agreed the only change was the drop off time on Sunday evening. The conciliator made his report saying the matter of custody deserved more attention by the court, but the custody arrangement would stay the same. On Friday, Jan 31st, he was almost 4 hours late picking them up per our custody arrangement. When I dropped the kids off with him, I had no knowledge that I would not be seeing them again, unless under a 4 hour a week supervised visitation. Thomas' first day with primary physical custody started that evening. I would later find out he hired a lawyer, and again filed a Petition for Special Relief, which was granted.

On February 6th, Thomas messaged me "I think we should at least try to work on our marriage and family...If we do any custody automatically goes away...it's the law". Does that sound like an honest father who is concerned for the wellbeing of his children while under the care of the mother? NO. It is a father whose only concerns are of the wellbeing of himself.

I have been a full time mother since the day my oldest child was born. I have raised them to be polite. I have raised them with routine. I have always taken great care of their hygiene, and they have never missed one doctor appointment. I have enrolled them in extra circular activities. I actively read to them. I go over their school work with them and help them write and read.  This week, Thomas failed to take our youngest to his referred pediatric dentist appointment, and our oldest to her first behavioral therapy appointment. Our little guy, who is not even 2 yet, already has tooth decay. One argument Thomas and I had often was how he poorly cared for the children's hygiene. On January I took all three children to our family dentist for a cleaning, and to have baby boys decay examined. They referred him to a pediatric because he will need to be sedated. Upon leaving, my oldest daughter got her free toothbrush and toothpaste and said "Oh, I can take this to dad's house for the weekends, we don't have toothpaste there!" I proceeded to ask her if they brush their teeth at dad's house, and her response was "No." Our oldest daughter was to see a therapist for the first time this week. I wanted to schedule both of my daughters, but there was an 8 month wait list. After explaining the severity of my oldest daughters mood swings, anxiety, etc. they expedited her and made her an appointment for 3 days later. I explained to Thomas how important it was, and that if she didn't make it to the appointment, she would get put on the 8 month waiting list with Joleen. Of course the children aren't handling all of this change well, and it breaks my heart to see them suffer, but I know ending my marriage was the best choice for the kids. I would have done it sooner, but was scared. I knew my husband would not be civil. He wouldn't let me go without a fight, and unfortunately, he is using the kids to fight me, and it is damaging their wellbeing severely.

Thomas works fulltime Mon-Fri. I do not even know who cares for my children when he is at work or out riding his motorcycle. I do know his son Sheldon (23yrs) and his girlfriend (under 20yrs), who just had a baby in December, are left with my children often. If anyone reading this knows Sheldon, they would know without a doubt he is incapable of caring for his own children, let alone my 3 children. (He now has 3, oldest was taken from him from the state, the other he has nothing to do with, only time will tell what happens with his newborn.)

Please sign this petition to help me get my children back. I am working so hard to gather all the evidence to defend myself, statements from people who know me and the children personally, etc. I am going at this battle alone as I can not afford a lawyer, and have exhausted every resource for income based legal help, as Thomas is using these resources and it is a "conflict of interest". They say money talks when it comes to custody. I have nothing right now, while Thomas has stolen over $6000 from me and my Grandparents, and without a doubt is using these funds to benefit his chances of custody. I start a new job February 19th, where I will be working 36hrs Fri-Sun, making more per hour than Thomas currently makes. I took this job with the intentions of working my butt off on the weekends when the children would be with their dad, so that I can provide for them on my own. I wasn't even given the chance. 

If you read this entire document, god bless your soul, and thank you, from the bottom of my heart, for your time, and your signature. 

Sincerely,
An amazing, loving, caring Mother