Need Help to Find Lawyer!!!!!

Updated on April 30, 2008
T.R. asks from San Antonio, TX
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Good morning MOMS!! I am having some bad times right now and in need of some advice. I have a beautiful 15 month old little girl whom I live and breath for. I know that if I did not have this little girl I would not be trying as hard as I am now. A little background: This little girl was in my life’s plan just like many other things. Her father and I sat down talked about it and both agreed that we wanted to have a child together. He did ask me to marry him but due to my fathers illness I told him NOT NOW. A month later I was pregnant. We got an apartment while we looked for a house (we thought it was going to take a little longer to get pregnant). Within 6 months we bought our first home WHICH I PAID THE DEPOST AND OTHER CLOSING COST FOR AND APPREASEL WHICH CAME OUT TO OVER $20,000. Because I paid so much he said that he would make the monthly payments. Before we moved in he wanted it to get fixed up even though there was nothing wrong with it. He got the whole house repainted, new appliances, remodeled the kitchen bought a bedroom set that was over $7,000 and 2 Oriental rugs that cost $2000 each….. ALL WITH MY MONEY!!!! With the baby on the way of course I made her a nursery, painted here room and bought her bedroom set. While all of this is going on he decides that he has always wanted to open up a business. So we look into it and he finds a couple. We ended up looking into a daycare a lady was selling for $8,000 with everything in it. All we had to do was get our permits with the state and get a license. We agreed and once again I gave him the money to buy the daycare. While he is closing the deal I was already ready to bust so he told me to stay home with his son (very hyper little 5 year old) and he will do the rest. When we took this daycare over I new it was too good to be true. It was a run down daycare that was filthy. I had the baby! After that I got together with my family and asked them to help me clean it up. We gutted the place and replaced almost everything with new stuff. It took us 2 weekends and 10 people. MY DAUGHTERS FATHER NEVER EVEN SAID THANK YOU TO MY FAMILY. After we opened he decided he wanted to open an infant area (that were the money is HIS WORDS). So I paid for that as well. OCTOBER I FOUND OUT HE WAS CHEATING ON ME. When I left for the night I came back to my home with our daughter to find that the locks had been changed and I was no longer to go over there nor to the daycare. It is now 6 months later and he still will not let me into my house… I went to a lawyer and they said just to start a case like this I will have to from $1500 just for the house fight and another $1500 for the daycare. (he never put my name in the daycare paper like he said he was going to!!!! He is having the woman he cheated on me with living in our house and just yesterday I found out that she is also taking care of my daughter when he is suppose to. MY QUESTION NOW IS SINCE HE DRAINED ME OUT OF MOST OF WHAT I HAVE AND I PUT ALL OF THE REST AWAY FOR MY DAUGHTER WHAT CAN I DO NOW!!!!!!! HE LEFT US LIVING WITH MY BROTHER NE THREW AWAY HER CRIB AND KEPT EVERYTHING!!!! What is my next step here? OR IS IT TOO LATE?????

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It had been a couple of weeks and I have been talking to our accounting department for the daycare and they told he that he closed the daycare, sold everything and now is sticking me with 20% of the IRS fees even though I have not recieved any money from the daycare. He had money come in but never halfed it with me. So now that he has sold it behind my back I have to now get a lawyer even moreso. It is just hard because I work full time and take care of our child which he also does not help with. While I am over here stressing out on what I am going to so he is ON VACATION. He left out of town with his son and is on a mini vacation celebrating my loss and his win. SO now my question is does anyone know of a lawyer that will help me with this case and is there any way that I can make some agreement like him paying the lawyer fees since he had already screwed me so much finacially. IF there is anything please help me.

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E.M.

answers from San Antonio on

Hi T., I'm so sorry that your man turned out to be such a butt *&%@! Go back check if you have receipts, dates of purchase, see if the woman that sold you all the daycare is willing to help. Do you have any mutual friends that are willing to testify for you. Do you have neighbors where the daycare is that maybe saw you cleaning the place up. Try to calm down and think clearly. I'm pretty sure that God will hellp you on this one. Evil people can ran but just can't hide. Remember what goes around comes around and he will pay sooner or later for what he did.

Best wishes,
Elisa

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E.J.

answers from San Antonio on

Get your bank statements together, that would be a good start to prove the money invested was yours. This was an expensive lesson to learn-next time be a lot more cautious with your money and make sure you are not the only one spending their money. Never spend all your own money when someone else is supposed to be involved! If they cannot come up with there part, it was just not meant to be!!!!!!!!! Good Luck and update us, also don't let that girl anywhere near your daughter. If her is not caring for her, keep her with you! No officer can force you to hand her over if you feel like she is not being cared for properly or by the person who is supposed to be caring for her. You don't no anything about this girl and if she is caring or your child-you should!!!

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B.C.

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T.;
I sure hope that you can prove that everything was done with
YOUR money! That seems to be the key.
The sad part is that there isn't anything that the attorneys
can use to compensate themselves on a condtingentcy, so yes
you'll have to pay!
The key to this whole thing is proof that all this was your
money, if you can't prove that, then it is really up hill
battle. If you have checks to back all this up, then go to
a copier store and make copies of all of them.
Then find a "Mean" woman attorney, it will be expensive,
probably $15,000 to $20,000, but, I'm sure the home and the
business is worth more than that.
One other thing, you do not want this in front of a judge
or an arbitrator, you want a jury! Then on the jury you
want there to be more women than men! Men in a jury will
side with him even though he is the theif, women will side
with you 95% of the time!
I sincerely wish you good luck, because you have been totally
taken by a very unscrupluous Man!
What I'm afraid of is that when he locked you out of the house he destroyed all records, so you may have to go to your bank and get a set of records from them!
When you have a final judgement, please post it here!
B. C

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K.R.

answers from San Antonio on

Dear T.,

First, you need to take 3 days and just calm yourself. Step back from reacting to this person that has obviously violated your trust and taken what he wanted at your expense. Pray, meditate, and be still just to listen to yourself what you want out of life at this point. You will get what you speak that you want. (Example: "I am solving all situations with confidence and ease so that I can give my daughter the calm and peaceful home she and I deserve and a true love relationship can come into my life.") Yes, write down what you want as if it has already happened. You need an attorney. If you do not have the money right now, go to a women's shelter to get referred to an attorney or just look one up in the phone book that does Pro Bono work (free) or sliding scale. You are young, strong and blessed already with a daughter. You can do this, it will just take a while to unravel all the entanglements. You have to decide what you want BEFORE you see an attorney. You do need a professional's help. I hope your family is there for you, but you are the one who has to do the work of deciding what you want in life, and they are there to support you in that effort. Good Luck. I will say a prayer for you tonight.
Mama Rogers

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K.O.

answers from San Antonio on

I recommend contacting Attorney Rick Noll. He has helped some friends of mine in the past, and would be a good choice for you. God Bless you in this time of trouble. I am praying for you.

K..

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M.K.

answers from San Antonio on

It's very unfortunate that you trusted him. It's also unfortunate that you were not married before you got pregnant. None of this would happening now because everything would be decided as part of the divorce settlement. Most lawyers require a $1500 retainer fee so that is no surprise. Since you paid for so much can you get bank record proof? If so it would be clear that the monies paid were yours and not his. If your name was added to anything you would have had to sign. I assume you did not sign anything? How does this guy have visitation rights? Does he pay child support? I really hope you are not just trying to be nice by letting him have visitation for nothing. I really hope everything works out for you but the only thing you can really do is pay for a lawyer or try to get free counsel.

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