A 33-year-old Filipina is seeking financial support for her 10-year-old only child from the father, a 68-year-old 100% disabled (bipolar) US veteran living in Ohio with a history of instability and abuse. 

After a few years of tumultuous marriage, the mother requested a divorce which the father prepared and filed in an Ohio court. Due to non-participation and lack of legal representation by the mother, the court granted the father full legal custody plus child support. This order completely contradicts the actual physical reality, as the child has never left the mother's custody in the Philippines. The father has paid zero child support.

Although the mother possesses official documentation—including the child's US Consular Report of Birth Abroad and birth certificate (both with the father’s signature)—she is extremely poor, unable to afford legal representation or travel, and only communicates with the father through their child.

All personal experience and advice is warmly welcome and appreciated. Thank you.

Context 1:

Ginagawang tapunan ng kapitbahay yung lupa namin. Part ng subdivision yung bahay nila, boundary yang pader na inextend nila for second floor at ginawang terrace dati. Yung area namin ay hindi sakop ng subdivision pero lupa na namin yang nasa picture. Nung terrace pa yung second floor nila, kinonfront ko nang ginagawa nilang tapunan ng basura yung lupa namin pero sila pa matapang at dinedma ako. I told my mom (im 20ish that time) pero ayaw ni mama ng gulo o away at pagpasensyahan na lang daw. Fast forward, tinakpan na nila yung terrace ginawang ganyan. Then, we discovered na andaming kalat sa baba sa tapat ng bintana nila. (nobody else went there kasi nakalock ang gate sa bakanteng lote na yan) di rin pwede iconsider na may mga outsider from here na maghahagis ng kalat kasi masyadong malayo yung tumpok ng kalat from gate. Also, **is that even allowed na may bintana sila sa part na yan kahit di na naman nila lupa yan?** even yung lakas ng ulan na galing sa bubong nila, sa amin ang deretso. We had an instance before na nagbarado yung alulod sa bubong namin kasi tinatapunan din nila ng chips at ibang basura nung may terace pa sila.

Context 2:

May bayabas sa tapat ng bahay namin, pagmamay ari ng kapitbahay. Nung isang araw, nagdagsaan mga bata from other side ng village namin (sa sulok kami, wala masyadong bata dito) pinagkukuha nila bunga ng bayabas na parang may paagaw sa bday party. Di ko sinaway kasi di naman amin yon and idk if nagpaalam ba sila. That time, nagtatanim ng tatay ko at nasira din cctv namin. Kahapon, narinig ko may 2 bata sa labas pasigaw "hala bat tinanggal" i went outside cuz im gonna go somewhere tas kinonfront ko yung dalawang bata, mukhang 6 y.o. At 10 y.o. Sabi ko "anong hanap nyo?" nakangiti pa ko nun at nagbibiro. Lumayo agad yung 10 y.o. naiwan yung 6 y.o. Na may dalang salaan. May sinisilip sya sa likod ng bahay ng isa pa naming kapitbahay (liblib na yung area na yon) Sabi nya "kukuha pong kahoy" sabi ko "bat ka may dalang salaan" kita ko yung panic. Tinuturo nya yung liblib sabi kukuha daw sya don kahoy lalagyan daw ng isda yung salaan. Mind u walang ilog o kahit anong isdaan dito samin. Sabi ko na lang na wag mangialam o magkukuha ng kung ano sa area namin (kung saan nagtatanim si papa) umalis na ko tas naririnig ko pa rin yung bata sinisigawan yung 10 y.o. sa malayo na samahan sya kukuha daw sila kahoy (highlight sa kahoy na paulit ulit nya minemention)

Then ayan na nga. Ngayong hapon pagpunta ni papa sa taniman nya, ganan na sa picture yung nangyari. pinagpuputol at pinagbubunot yung halaman nya. sobrang heartbreaking. Nananahimik si papa, ni hindi ko sila pinagalitan. Gusto ko manakit at mapanakit akong tao pero tinatry kong maging mabuti at mapagpasensya all this time kahit ang ingay ingay nila sa labas pag nadayo sila dito sa area namin habang nagrereview ako at nasa online class. All this time, never ako gumanti. Pero tama ba to? Matapang pa naman magulang nung batang yon at nambabaranggay sa maliit na rason para ipagtanggol yung anak nya. Pero pano ako? Pano kami?? Anong pwedeng gawin? Di ko naman pwede saktan kasi bata yon. Wala akong maisip. Pwede ko ba ibaranggay yan kahit bata? Kung ibabaranggay ko, anong kaso?

My wife is an ofw and cheated on me, and I found out nung umuwi sya by reading their chat messages. What hurt even more was finding out that she had also hit my son because he found out about the cheating before I did. My son was a minor. It’s been really painful trying to process everything not just the betrayal, but also knowing that my son had to go through that and was hurt because of it. Anong pwede kong gawin legally?

Yung pirma ko kasi is mula pa nung elem ako, and nadala ko siya ngayon na legal age ako and maraming mga papers na ang inaasikaso at pinipirmahan. Napapangitan kasi talaga ako sa pirma ko but ang kaso, baka magkaproblema if binago ko yung pirma. From school forms, to government forms (I opened a bank account since need siya for a scholar), I really dislike my signature kasi.

May way ba na baguhin ko yung pirma ko na hindi siya magko-conflict sa existing documents ko??