My name is Enrique. An older brother desperate to get custody of his younger sister (10 years now). My parents died a few months ago (due to covid-19), from that moment my world collapsed, and when things could not be worse, me and my sister (now orphan children) were separated. My in-law uncle, a pedophile, homophobic and racist (It disgusts me to call that despicable human being “uncle”) legally claimed custody of my younger sister, and he obtained it.
I am ashamed to say that I live in a corrupt country, but I live here. “Justice” comes to a few “lucky” and by lucky I mean those who have money to go to the end, because while you fight for a pinch of justice you run out of resources if they are scarce, like me.
My family is lower-middle class, I worked and studied. Due to the death of my parents I had to leave school to just work and raise the precious money necessary to 1) survive in this world alone (pay for everything: housing, water, electricity, food, medicine, etc.), 2) pay a treatment because I suffer from a cervical hernia (which sometimes prevents me from working) and, most importantly, 3) saving to pay a good lawyer and fight for the custody of my sister.
Being suddenly in this world is just an inexplicable feeling. I believed, like any child, that I would have my parents forever… but I had to (as I could) try to move on, and try to make my plans concrete and get my sister back, which is the most important goal of my life now. I am currently working, I have 2 jobs (I had 3 jobs at one time, but because of my hernia I had to leave 1), but it is still not enough to save and pay for a good lawyer and get my sister back. This is where I need a lot of help.
And where is the family of my parents, uncles, cousins, grandparents? That is a very good question. Well, they are in their own homes, living a happy life. Our relatives were ashamed of our family and completely turned their backs on us because they had me: a gay son, who was sexually abused by this “uncle”. All these relatives believed my uncle’s testimony when this event happened: “that a 9-year-old boy seduced him” “it was an accident”. A shitty family (I can’t give so many details here, because I’ll use this information in family court, but I can tell you more in private if you want).
If it weren’t for my little sister long ago I would have left this world. I don’t want to be the typical “dramatic teenager” who talks about suicide, but when life hits you and then spits in your face the way out is really clear. But my little sister is everything to me now, and always will be. She is my source of resilience. My light. And I will fight with everything I have and what I don’t for her. You know? I can leave everything, even my life for my sister, but precisely for her I must live. That’s the thought that motivates me.
In a month I finally turn 18 !! And I’ll go to family court as soon as that happens. I have contacted some lawyers to find out how much a judicial process like this could cost, the rates are obviously per hour (between $ 80 and $ 400, it varies according to the lawyer’s experience), and on average the fixed fees are between $ 4,500 to $ 20,000, but several said my case did not appear to be a flat fee as it was complex and would be a “contested case” (means there is a dispute about how the custody of the child will be handled, one person has sole custody and refuses to cooperate or compromise, the case will proceed to a full court trial).
Anyway, during this time I have tried to meet certain requirements and have the optimal conditions to obtain custody of my sister. I’m on my way.
I comment on my whole situation here because as you can see I need a lot of help, I feel powerless, but I don’t want to give up. I do not want. I just want to see my sister happy and obviously she’s not happy with that bastard.
Thank you for taking an interest in me and my sister and for reading all of this. Any help is welcome. Even just a reblog is so precious to me, because it means you didn’t ignore me. Thank you.
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