Beyond Reason - True to Life Stories of Florida family law

by Ruth
(Florida)

I am a Florida legal document preparer, many of the people I talk to want me to help them with paperwork so that they can see their kids. Their stories are beyond reason. I listen to the stories every day.

Most of the time, I think people must be pouring their hearts out to me because no one ever listened to them before. I listen and ask questions, and I put their paperwork together.

Today I talked to a man that was trying to get custody of his fifteen year old son. The 9 year old stepbrother living in the household with the man’s ex and fifteen year old had tried to set the house on fire over and over. The 9 year old had been caught standing over his mother with a knife while she was sleeping.

An 11 year old boy, another stepbrother, living there was in juvenile hall for sexual battery on the 9 year old. The father, the man I talked to, was trying to get his son out of the situation, trying to do right by his son.

This is just one of many stories told to me.