:( hello, im new to this site, but my situation is difficult. first of all, its been 3 1/2 weeks that ive been separated from my husband. we have two boys together. he's the one that is filing for divorce, because i dont have money to file for it. our marriage was broken up because of his parents. mostly his mom. anyways, its a long story, but before i left we went to go talk to attorneys in Arkansas (thats where we lived and got our marriage liscense) about me taking one child and him keeping one child. they said we couldnt do that, because they were to close in ages. one is 3 and one is 1 1/2. so, i wanted to just take both, but then they said, i couldnt take my boys out of state till the divorce was final. which was going to take 6 months to 1 year for that. i had to find a place to live till then. im originally from wisconsin and i have no friends or any kind of relatives that live anywhere in arkansas. i had no where to live for another year. i was really angry and said i was just going to take them anyways, but the attorneys said it would be kidnapping and i could get arrested. so, i asked them what would happen since i didnt have anywhere to go, if i left without my kids, they said then it would be abandonment. and that if i try to fight for them it might be harder. before you misunderstand me about leaving them. i had to because i got sick and didnt know what was wrong with me. i couldnt stay with my boys daddy anymore. i couldnt take it any more. my boys are my life, they are everything to me. when i got to wisconsin i tried getting an attorney, but they couldnt help me because we got married in arkansas. and that i had to find a lawyer down there. is there any other way or am i not looking at any luck?

Fight for your children. Not to sound like I'm digging to deep but whatever reason you had to leave will be the reason you get them back. Find out in detail what you were sick with and use that as leverage. Us mothers go thru more than an elephant that's pregnant for 2 years! We get stressed out and some of us even have strokes at very young ages or develop illnesses that are beyond our control because we think that we have it all under control, but sometimes we don't. I pray that you regain full custody and that you get better and have more peace in your life. I promise you that "PRAYER" changes things and when you pray for your children GOD responds a whole lot quicker. Please stay strong and don't EVER give up on them. All boys need their moms.