I’m a father who’s spent over $60,000 fighting to stay in my 3-year-old son’s life — and it’s still not enough. His mother has done everything she can to squeeze every dollar from me while trying to erase me from my son’s life. I have joint legal custody, but she changed his school without telling me, lied on medical forms, and blocks me from information and decisions I’m supposed to be part of. She has filed multiple false accusations to get protective orders — not because she’s afraid of me, but because she knows how to use the system to gain full control. At custody exchanges, I show up terrified — of what story she is going to make up about me and if she will be calling the cops on me again over false accusations. Every time I go to court and prove her claims are false, she just files something else. I’m drowning in legal fees. Every spare dollar goes to lawyers or child support. I’ve tried legal aid, I’ve called father’s rights organizations, I’ve begged for help — no one can step in. I cry daily. I’ve never hurt anyone. I’m a good father. But the courts don’t seem to care, and she knows that. I started a GoFundMe out of desperation, but I’m ashamed to share it with friends or family. I’m scared I’ll lose everything — not just my savings, but my relationship with my son. If anyone’s been through this, or has advice, please say something. Even just being heard helps. I’m not trying to win. I just want to be a father to the boy I love more than anything in this world.