[blparent] Important: Do you know of any assistance?

[Jo Elizabeth Pinto]

Uh oh.  Is this the same Sirena who was on the list a little while back?  I 
guess things haven't turned out so well for her.

My only thought would be that she might get a lawyer to take on the case pro 
bono, since many of them do so when they find instances where someone has 
been victimized like this.  Truthfully, though, she should have gotten a 
donor contract in writing before she ever embarked on such a risky endeavor.

Jo Elizabeth

I am somehow less interested in the weight and convolutions of Einstein's 
brain than in the near certainty that people of equal talent have lived and 
died in cotton fields and sweatshops.--Stephen Jay Gould
-----Original Message----- 
From: Samara Raine
Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2012 9:37 PM
To: Blind Parents Mailing List
Subject: [blparent] Important: Do you know of any assistance?

Hey there, everyone.

I am not sure if this pertains to parenting. The hardship stems from my 
struggle to keep my daughter soley with me after she's born, but I'm not 
sure that falls into the peramitors of this list. If not, I apologize. If 
anyone wants to, please feel free to reply to me off list. I've written 
about my plight below. I am asking no individual here for financial 
assistance. I'm copying this off my Central Giving page, as I don't want to 
write a whole new post for each solicitation for advice.

If any of you know of any agency that can provide financial help for legal 
fees, please, please, please let me know. My family is unwilling to help me.

Plight:

In March 2012, I conceived a child by the use of "known donor" sperm. He is 
a controlling, mentally manipulative man who is determined to insinuate 
himself into the lives of me and my child after she is born, despite the 
initial arrangement stating otherwise.

The attorney I have been consulting has sent me a retainer agreement that 
will enable him to negotiate a donor contract on my behalf. Since the 
donor's only approach with me is heavy-handed bullying, the involvement of a 
lawyer is necessary.

I am blind, receiving Social Security benefits and not currently employed. 
Though support for myself and my child is being established, finances are 
still extremely tight. The retainer fee is $1,500, an amount I cannot pay on 
my own.

According to legal advice, now is the ideal time for negotiations with the 
donor to begin, as the child has not yet been born. Due to the personality 
of the donor as well as past communications, I know I will be forced, sooner 
or later, to hire legal counsel. If the attorney I am currently working with 
is unable to negotiate on my behalf, the end result may cost me my daughter.

The donor and his wife have chosen me, a blind mother, as an easy target. 
Legal counsel agrees that it looks as though they will attempt to take the 
child once she is born. With no legal protection, I will be a sitting duck, 
vulnerable to their schemes. Current negotiations will not only provide me 
with the protection I seek, but they will, hopefully, enable my child to 
grow up with the loving mother she deserves.

And so I ask you. Please help me. Please donate what you can so that I may 
pay the retainer fee that will enable legal negotiations to begin on my 
behalf.

As a mother I plead. Help me defend myself from the truest heartbreak a 
mother can know. Please help me prevent the loss of my child.

Again, any assistance, advice, etc you can offer will be incredibly 
appreciated.

Sirena
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