Topic : 03/23 Nasty Custody Battles

Why would you say that...I have no idea where my biological father is..never knew him, don't want to know him.  My (step) dad was my dad. 

Have you ever heard this saying "any man can be a father but only a real man can be a dad".   That was my dad...my dad, kept a roof over our heads, clothes on our back, food in our mouths, and gave us tons of family time. 

So I say my (step) dad was my dad and that is all that really counts. 

Cheryl (pandas) 

Chris, 

Please...as a friend, someone inside, yet.... out side of the spectrum, NOW...take FULL ACCOUNTIBILITY, ACCOUNTIBILITY, ACCOUNTIBILITY.....OF EVERYTHING that has anything to do with your life as a HISTORY and that as your own...with out blaming others' as to where you are today...Your life is what you live and have LIVED IT...If you are not happy now, and you have continued to blame others' for it...we'll than you will continue to suport your misery for the rest of your life by not taking responsibility for it.... 

You were brought into this world on your own birth, and can't include anyone else on your existance....but those Parties...or "parents" who conceeded" you to begin with.... 

The old saying...."i brought you into this world..I can take you out of it" 

Did anyone ever tell you that Your parents can bring you into this world....but it is up to YOU when YOU LEAVE IT???? 

Life might have dealt the wrong cards for you...RIGHT NOW...but playing victum only lasts so long in the ears of those who have time to listen.... 

Have you ever wondered when it was your time for some one else to really listen and learn from what you have learned...at this point in your life? 

I know your not a teacher, and neither am I ....but thank god we can share with the unknowing what we today now know what not to do...and what we can share with others.. 

Is it a possibility that you could EVENTUALLY be open to H>O>P>E... 

Get back ASAP 

C-LEE 

i was in a 7 year relationship with my exboyfriend he and i seperated a year ago.  he ended up with my two little girls he is the only man they have ever known as a father; he is not the father of the oldest child but he may or may not be the father of the youngest child.  he ended with my daughters because when he and i seperated i moved out of the area where thier school was and i had no vehicle to get them to and from and i didn't want to transfer them schools.  he and i made an agreement that they would reside with him until i got a vehicle.  i ended having to sign temporary custody to him which i made the paper i had it notorized with specific dates and gave him a copy for which he was supposed to use to get state assistance with food.  when it came time to give the children back to me he refused.  at that time i didn't want to get courts or police involved because i had been through custody battles as a child and it can get scary and disrupte school. now school is out and now it won't disrupte thier education. i had called the local police department here in lakeland, fl and i told them that he was never on either birh ceritificate he never established paternity evnen though the local child support enforcement sent him a letter giving him the opportunity to do so he declined.  i went to see a lawyer she informed me that he has no legal parental rights over my children seens that he never put his name on either birth certificate and he never established paternity.  i tried to explain this to the local authoritites and their reply to me was "sounds like a civil matter to me, there is nothing we can do. take it to court" well i can't take it to court without $255.00 to file the paperwork. i have a severly p/t job no money to file the papers to gain custody of my children and a man that refuses to give up my chldren to me.  on top of it all him and his family and friends threaten me, my life if i go to even try to visit my children.  he won't even let me talk to my girls.  WHAT TO I DO ? I AM AGGRAVATED, SCARRED, ALL CRIED OUT , STRESSED OUT , WORRIED.