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I left my husband cause I was unhappy. We both were. We were civil at first. Then my situation got bad and had to move to Arkansas. I did not keep my children cause I wasn't sure of the conditions of my moms mental health and wanted to make sure she was stable and off drugs before believing her word that she was. And she was not. I been fighting homelessness for a year now. Everyone thinks I ran out on my kids and it strongly discouraged me cause I knew my situation was not something I couldn't have my kids around. I was a good stay at home mom for five and half years. My Husband and I both started dating other people. We had a verbal agreement to always be fair in sharing the girls. But, now he has blocked me and saying me getting on my feet won't help, that he's keeping the girls. And that I need to get divorce papers. Blah blah blah. His mom use to think logically but now she is trying to say I've done anything on my own in my life and the girls are better without me....
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I am sorry that you're fighting homelessness. You don't say if you have a job, when you moved to Arkansas, or when is the last time you saw your daughters and their ages. Your immediate goal should be to take care of yourself- a person who is fighting homelessness is not getting custody of a child. Make sure you have a job and a roof over your head and the income to ensure you are in no danger of homelessness. Once you have a stable household you need to re-establish a relationship with your daughters if you do not already have one- and then seek a schedule of visitation with their dad. If he fights you, sue for visitation. If you do that, you will likely be counter-sued for child support, and you will be obliged to pay it unless you earn so little money it would impoverish you. Take everything one step at a time. Good luck.
Answered on Apr 02nd, 2018 at 3:38 PM