Shawn_Marie
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Child abuse I'll admit is a rapidly growing epidemic but when families such as mine are allowed to be torn apart because of FALSE ALLEGATIONS someone has got to step in. I have been in an ongoing court battle with my, well let's just say he was my father and his wife, NOT my mother by the way for the return of my daughter. You see it just so happened that I was in a really bad place in my life in 2006. My marriage had broken up. I was out of a job and had four children to care for. My oldest son went to his father in Columbus, OH. My two little ones were kept from me in Illinois since June and it was August. My dad had called offering his help to care for my now nine year old daughter for the school year and, painfully, I accepted. I thought that it was a legitimate offer. He said that I could go to Texas and pick her up at the end of the school year. Then, around Christmas, things got painfully worse. My daughter started being too busy to talk to me. His wife told me that I could not send her Christmas presents or anything because it would be thrown away. My daughter is telling my now eight year old son that I don't love her because I haven't sent her birthday or Christmas presents. He tells her that I have a whole pile of presents in my closet just waiting for her and that I love her more than anything. When I went in June after school let out to pick her up they refused to give her to me because of my fiancee. He's younger than me and they don't agree with the relationship. While I was there in Texas they called my mom and asked her only if I had a job and if I was still with him. My daughter had to whisper to me that she loved me and wanted to come home. They would not take their eyes off of her and they looked at her when she hugged me as if she did something wrong. I returned to Indiana childless. I have my Indiana divorce decree saying that I have legal custody of my daughter and have since 2001 but when I gave it to the cop there he said that Texas did not recognize it and if they didn't want to return her they didn't have to. They had her for almost a year before, in June 2007, they filed for custody of her stating that I abused her and so did my fiancee when she lived wih us. NO STATE ORGANIZATIONS for child abuse were involved. NO INVESTIGATION was ever done! They said we never had food and that she was failing school. My daughter was ALWAYS an honor roll student while living with me. It wasn't until she went to them that she almost failed third grade. None of my children ever lived with me and my fiancee. I didn't live with him until September 2007. I was on food stamps and the kids were on Medicaid and also on the breakfast and lunch program at school so they always ate. I would threaten to send the kids to bed without dinner but always got them up to eat. What parent hasn't said "You're going to bed without dinner if you don't stop"? I can prove all of their allegations untrue but the problem is when the judge heard "Child abuse" that was it. It was basically all over for me. The judge in Texas ruled that I pay medical support and can see and talk to her when my dad feels it is a good time. I am not allowed to be involved in any other aspect of her life. They never even gave me a chance to fight and I can actually prove them wrong. The State of Texas helped my father LEGALLY KIDNAP my little girl. I have an attorney here in Indiana and we have been fighting it from here because of this being the original state where custody was established. They say nothing has changed. I still have custody. Maybe someone might have some good advice. A step or avenue I may have missed in this ongoing torture. Please! I haven't been able to speak to my daughter since June 10, 2007. I never even got to say goodbye!
