One important thing before work.

[sofiaviolet]

kythryne: internet powers, activate!

Okay, people. I need you to take this viral, and fast.

We know someone in upstate New York who needs a good custody lawyer ASAP. I'm not at liberty to go into details publicly, but this woman is very afraid that her abusive boyfriend is going to get sole custody of her young child. She's presently being represented by a public defender who doesn't seem to care about the case, and she has very few resources left at this point. Her next hearing is on Thursday.

If you know a good lawyer in New York State who might be willing to take this case for a low fee or pro bono, or at least offer her advice or support, please let me know. If you don't know anyone, please repost this far and wide. As a mother and an abuse survivor, it makes me absolutely sick to my stomach to contemplate a child being left in the hands of an abuser.

I can be reached at kythryne@gmail.com if you have any leads or want to help.

The internet can work miracles. Let's go.

Comments

[crystalpyramid]

Do we know where upstate? New York is 350 miles wide and 300 miles tall and most of that is "upstate", but Buffalo and Plattsburgh and Poughkeepsie are all at least 5 hours' drive from each other.

[delight]

This. I live in Troy, which is really central but most people consider upstate - upstate depends on what part of the state you were in (when I lived in NYC I thought Kingston was upstate and now I'm an hour and a half north of it). If it's my part of "upstate" I might be able to help.

[blushingflower]

It might be, since in the OP there's a comment which states "an hour outside of Albany". So I imagine the Capital Region might be useful (as opposed to my part of Upstate, aka Central NY, which is a little too far west I think)

[blushingflower]

My first thought as well. I went to the OP and she said an hour outside of Albany, but not the southern direction. She didn't want to provide more info on a public post, but I bet if you messaged her, she'd provide more information.

[sofiaviolet]

Thanks for tracking this info down. (I'd have done it but I was at work.)