Hello! Thanks for taking the time to read my story. With so many stories of people with with poor mental health committing horrible acts its is my sincerest hope that reach at least person. We always ask after the fact "what happened?" Well my children and I are in the midst of repeated attacks on our psyche and our justice system is being used as the weapon. I think full disclosure is vital so to begin...I have nothing to hide and strongly encourage anyone who wants to see the truth about my story to get the public record documents from Will County Illinois domestic court case 2011D2290 and Franklin County Ohio domestic court case 15JU3839. LET ME BE CLEAR - I am happy to be divorced and want nothing to do with or from my ex. It is he who left and divorced me and it is he who continues to try and hurt me. My oldest made the attached video as a plea to his father which has been ignored. The video was made out of desperation because our nightmare has been going on for so long. I am starting this petition because our domestic judicial system is being used as weapon by my ex to further attempt to destroy me. After suffering years of his psychological abuse he is being allowed to use the "law" to further torment me (and our children). Had he physically abused me I would not be continually forced to engage him. If you view the court docs you will see that he ended our 20 year marriage in the most vile way and continues to harass and berate me all because our two boys, who witnessed their father tear me down over an extended period of time, are choosing to process all of this in their own way. I have been forced to pay his legal bills and am facing a mountain of legal debt while he regularly pursues putting me in jail for contempt because our children refuse to speak to him. After his history of trying to incarcerate me in front of our children it no surprise our boys are not pleased with him but he is allowed to drag me to court whenever he wishes to cry parental alienation because the boys and I discuss me potentially going to jail because of all of this. Our oldest is 17 years old, 6'1, 180 lbs and our youngest is 12 years old, 5'8 205 lbs. They are not babies and they are free to see and speak to their father whenever they choose. Their father began a despicable affair at the height of my nervous breakdown and has since married this person and mover her and her child into the home we all once shared and has continuously used the legal system to try and force our boys to be a part of something they have no interest. He makes nearly $160k a year and I make a fraction of that. The divorce drove me into bankruptcy and these pointless continued legal battles are ruining me financially all over again. I encourage our boys to forgive their father and never stop them from seeing or talking to him if they choose. He has painted me out to be a scorned woman who is mad he left when the truth is over time I have become thankful he showed me who he truly is. I am the victim of a narcissistic sociopath and our  children and I were and continue to be psychologically and emotionally abused by my ex. He bullied me into signing the divorce papers without telling me that he was planning to remarry and told our children 2 weeks after the divorce was final. He will not look me in the eye and treats me like I don't exist. His psychological abuse has gone on so long I am to the point where I don’t want a dime from him. I just want to be free. I don’t stop our boys from talking to or seeing him. They just don’t want to and after being broken down mentally the way that I was, I support our children taking all the time they need to fully process everything as their mental and emotional well being is my top concern but our court system and their father are continuing to tell our children how what to think and how to feel and when they don’t I am regularly threatened with jail. Their dad is 100% responsible for the deterioration of his relationship with his boys and this legal debt I'm drowning in is completely unwarranted when I have done nothing wrong. Please visit www.si.com/2015/04/08/milton-bradley-domestic-abuse-mlb-monique-bradley. Read her story.....that is me but I lived to tell the tale, just sub the physical for psychological. I have only attempted to defend myself against these attacks and there is no record of me ever going after him and after all he has done and continues to do to me, I could but I don't. Our boys have repeatedly begged him to stop this assault against me and stop pressuring them and he refuses and I have documentation of it all but he keeps it out of court. I continue to feel pressured and bullied into doing and signing things that are wrong. Please help support my legal fund via https://www.gofundme.com/helpvonetta with whatever you can so I can continue to move on with my life. By definition, my ex is a narcissistic sociopath who is showing that he won't stop until I am erased, yet I wish him no ill-will, I just want peace of mind. It is my hope that those who have been in my shoes understand and find it in their heart to help me get my story to anyone with an ear so this ridiculousness can end. I am not some unfit mother who needs outside help to manage her family. I am an employed middle class, church going woman who doesn’t bother anyone and is having her life turned into a never ending episode of Jerry Springer and I need this exposed so it doesn’t happen to anyone else. My ex is a bully with money who is being allowed to torment me and it needs to end and people’s lives should not be turned upside based on what is on paper. I was there, I know what happened. I have been told once my youngest turns 15 none of this will matter and to keep putting him thru this pain for another 3 years is insane. Domestic situations are NOT black and white and should not be governed as such. If nothing comes from this petition, at least people will be talking about it. Anything to spare someone from what I am going thru. Thank you!