Ok here's the deal:
- I stopped fundraising with my sons photo. I cleaned up my twitter and unprotected it when that was all removed. The judge tried to give me a gag order but my lawyer said no, so I can continue to fundraise (since this is a major financial hardship and all my savings is gone) I just can't use any photos or names under anything related to sex work. This is fine. I get more reach under my alias anyway. And then for vanilla fundraising I can't say the word sex work or Finley Fawn. So I have that covered. My friend who is going to law school and was at the hearing drafted and started the fundraiser for me.
- My attorney sat me down during break from the hearing and told me how much this is going to cost because I not only need to pay for a Guardian ad Litem ($1200/mo), but also expert witnesses (which are extremely expensive), psychological evaluations for my child, attorney, legal, and court fees, a very long and crazy trial.
- My lawyer knows everything. Literally everything. My ex is the one who immediately took this to court, not me. And I have 0 choice but to fight because if I don't then my ex will actually get my child, so if I don't fight iI would be handing him sole custody and my rights would be taken away.
There's literally no chance to be humble in this. This was from my attorney after I emailed her last night re: some stuff:
This is the 4th time he's tried to sue me, the first time he's gone this far and his attorney went straight to the court route, had a retired judge who was sitting for one day sign the TRO (my attorney said that people line up when he's sitting because he signs anything) and immediately get my kid taken from me. His evidence is ridiculous and the judge has financial ties to his lawyer (which is legal in Texas somehow) because she worked and was head of family law at a law firm that made the largest contribution to this judges campaign. She has been a judge since 2015.
So if I don't fight then I will 100% get my kid taken from me. If I do fight, which I am and will, then I can win this case, and unfortunately it's very expensive, but I will sure as shit do whatever it takes for my kid to have the life he deserves, and that includes me being his mother,