Saving Grace

THIS DESCRIPTION HAS BEEN EDITED BECAUSE "SOMEONE"HAS REPORTED THIS PAGE AS UNTRUE THEREFORE CAUSING THE PAGE TO GO UNDER INVESTIGATION. BY EDITING MY POST I AM ABLE TO KEEP THIS PAGE ACTIVE AND HOPEFULLY STILL GAIN FINANCIAL SUPPORT THAT MY SISTER SO DESPERATELY NEEDS. This makes me sooooo mad that just because we lack evidence that we cant speak on the case that we are involved in or even have an opinion on here. What is the world coming to?? Please if you want to read the full story add Saving Grace Saving Grace on facebook....... My sister went off on a working OE with her partner to Australia whilst there she fell pregnant. Near the end of the pregnancy their relationship broke down. When my niece was only a few months old my sister decided shed had enough of the unhappy relationship but also that she wanted her family for support (she was feeling depressed and lonely as her partner worked fulltime often including overtime) they broke up and things got nasty. Knowing that he had all the money by being the only one working he would not fund my sister to return to NZ which left her stranded in Australia with no where to go but to stay in their house. This was not how my sister had thought things would work as they had previously talked about returning back to NZ together if things ever broke down.Scared as any mother would be my sister eventually struggled to find enough funds to leave the horrible situation in Australia and returned home to us He flew over to try take them back but left in the end allowing them to stay at my mothers place only so he knew where she was and could skype her. Months past and my sister found herself new love, and surprisingly pregnant. Once her ex found out he filed for the hague convention which means my sister is being done for abducting her own child by bringing her home to NZ from Australia (even though my niece is a NZ citizen and cant be an Australia citizen till 10 years old under new law). My sister has fought and fought in court but because she has no evidence of the issues in their relationship she says she endured he has won his court case, had my niece removed from her mothers care and is making his way back to Australia with her as we speak. If my sister doesn't return to fight in court over the next few months she loses custody. If my sister doesn't return we may never see our precious Grace again. Shes been taken out of her loving mothers arms and unwilling put in to her fathers. She is suffering psychological harm through all of this as her only stable 24/7 carer is not with her. The person who has breastfed her, rocked her to sleep, bathed her, sung to her, and kissed all her sores better every single day and we worry very much how she is coping. It breaks our hearts because we cant even speak to her! She is missing out on her own mother her newborn baby brother step dad grandparents great grandparents aunties uncles cousins you get the picture...and that's not just on her maternal side. That's her paternal side too. We all love her and she loves us. The only thing in Australia will be her father who will need to continue to work as he is not entitled to Australian benefits being an NZ citizen therefore strangers at a daycare and his friends who Grace does not know or trust will have to look after her. Look i get a father has rights of access to his child but how can he say my sister has taken away all his rights while he tries to do the same? He is a hypocrite. He is sooo many other things that i want to say but i think by reading this you will already know. My sister is all for shared care if he can prove he will be a good father to her. If he loved his daughter he would move home to NZ and share her care and keep her best interests at heart which are to be and grow with her family. Please please help us bring Grace home to her loving mother and the rest of her family!!!

The proposed funds will be used for:

Flights

Accommodation

Food

Car rental/taxi/public transport to get to and from court etc

and if we raise enough, possibly some kind of legal aide because as it stands my sister has NO lawyer to represent her in two months time.

(If anyone can help out in other ways besides funds such as a place to stay in Brisbane, a car to use or help with public transport, or long shot i know, but a lawyer? Please please message me through here or on my facebook page Alana Felton

Thanks for your time