Hi. I am a newly seperate mom of 6 (4 at home, 2 in college) who is in desperate need of financial assistace. My situation is a longggggg story, so I will try to condense it.
I married an illegal alien (didnt know he was illegal until after our marriage). I tried to get him legal, but with no luck. We have been married for 5 years, and in May of this year, he walked out on us. We have 2 children together, a boy age 3 and a girl age 18mths. I was (and still) totally in love with him. The break up is devestating. But the worst part is that he spent $369,000 starting his business and buying expensive toys. A Hummer H2, 2 motorcycles, xbox 360/ps2/psp/ipods, boats/waverunners, Motorhome, you name it. I thought we were doing well. Nope. When he walked out he told me, he hadnt made any car payments in months and hadnt made a mortgage payment in 7 months. Our cars have repossed, along with our motorhome. Good riddens. My home is being foreclosed next month. I need to rebuild my life. There are no jobs here. I am well educated and trained, with tons of experience. But there are just no jobs. I am hoping to move to another state as soon as the courts will let me. I am working hard to secure a job elsewhere and find housing. However, I need to declare bankruptcy ... $1000, and finish my divorce. My attorney thinks it will cost $10,000 to get through the divorce, since my husband has filed a fraudulent restraining order on me, so that he can steal the kids and run off to Mexico. I am scared, alone, and don't want to be a victim. I just don't know where to turn. I have been to every organization that helps with food stamps, health care, financial assistance for heating, churches, etc. I am hoping that during my RO contested hearing that I will be able to have the RO dropped and get supervised visitation orders for my husband. I want him to see the kids, I just can't have him run with the kids to Mexico! Any help or advise would be greatly appreciated. I am praying someone can help me. I need help with rent, food, clothing, attorney costs and moving expenses.
