After a nasty (and still on going) custody battle, I got custody of my son for a very short period of time. My ex-wife has moved all across the country with her most recent move being out of state and only telling me days after. Court from our original state had her move back and gave me temp custody until our next hearing. Girlfriend at the time had been spiraling, making my life hell. Gf had some mental issues that continually impacted and destroyed our relationship. Gf was also incredibly absent for my son.

At the next hearing, I flew out of state to appear in person. While I was gone, GF disappeared, and ex-wife canceled the hearing just before we were going to go to court.

Ex-wife had gotten remarried, split with her trans husband, and found a new boyfriend straight out of jail to move in with, all within about 4 to 6 months. She ended up couch surfing with her new boyfriend for several months.

After she canceled our hearing, my son was supposed to go back with her, but she explained she needed a few days to sign a lease and get moved in to a new place. She asked if I could keep our son for a few days.

Those days of me keeping our son, turned into weeks, then months. Full-time job, full-time single dad.

After my ex-wife finally signed a lease, she wanted to go back to the original custody agreement, even though she was still working nights. She would have just whoever, it seemed, watching our son. I finally sort of snapped. I got that parental gut feeling that something was wrong, and I went and picked him up from her, coaxing her to let me have him.

That night I was talking with my family, about my son's future, about the people my ex-wife was around, about the things those people had done... My mother, wanted to sit with her grandson and talk about appropriate touch. Simply explaining to him there are places people should never touch. She asked him if anyone had ever done that to him before fully expecting him to say no. What he said next had everyone speechless.

I'll spare any explicit details, but my mother recorded the ordeal after he said yes people had touched him.

I contacted authorities and spent the next day filing a report at our local police station. Having to listen to the video over and over, as the officer paused, rewound, pressed play, and made notes of what my son had said.

My son was sent to a place here in town that specializes in extracting this kind of sensitive information from children. Trained forensic investigators. The forensic investigator had no knowledge of the videos given to the detectives, but came back with the same information as to who, what, and where.

During this time my ex-wife and ex-girlfriend got together claiming that all of this was obviously false. Made accusations against me. Called my work, making more false accusations trying to get me in trouble. And Lord knows what else they've done behind the scenes just trying to make me look bad for wanting to protect my son.

Investigation is still ongoing, and on paper I'm still not the custodial parent. Attorneys in our current state want at least $7,500 retainer to try and straighten out all of the legal paperwork.

All of this and child services can't help with custody placement. Police department can only trespass anyone that comes to pick him up. Attorneys in the original state can't help because of how long we've been gone. Attorney general's office still wants me to pay child support...

God I could use a break. Keep us in your prayers.