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AuburnSunshine · Dec 18, 2009, 02:57 PM

I've been trying for the last year and a half to find a lawyer who will help me gratis. First, it is extremely easy to gain guardianship in Nevada...much easier than other states. Second, legal aid lawyers will take on all kinds of child guardianship cases but they hide in the alleys when it comes to adult guardianships.

There are so many things wrong with the situation. She's supposed to live in the same state as I do but she doesn't; she lives in California and gets to Las Vegas once or twice a month. That makes her ineligible to be my guardian but she is.

She also has been arrested and convicted of physical domestic abuse against me...here in NV. Again, that makes her ineligible but the court wouldn't listen to me without an attorney.

I did find an attorney who would help me overturn the guardianship...beginning with a $2,000 upfront retainer fee. I don't have that...she has all my money.

I could go on and on but you probably get the picture. I do believe these last two situations will help me get the guardianship overturned. One, that she demanded my controlled substances before she would give me money; and two, that she hit me with her car, throwing me about 20 feet into the air onto the asphalt.

If this doesn't help and she is thrown in jail for the car assault charge (they've charged her with a felony and issued a bench warrant for her arrest), I have no doubt that she WILL kill me when she gets out because man-0h-man is she going to be pissed!

Thank you for your replies and kindnesses...I'm in a deep, dark well and not seeing much daylight so to hear from people who are so nice and don't think I'm crazy is a toe-hold of hope in climbing up and out.

~ Melanie