I've written this many times in the past.. I had burnt out and had given up several times.. I keep coming back to the issue and trying to make some headway. I desperately need help and would like for you to take a moment of your time to read a little about my issues. I am attempting to get my plea out in hopes that someone can help or atleast make the public aware that there are many men in the same position I am currently in. Below is the letter. First let me introduce myself My name is Timothy Melton. I've been a proud father of a beautiful little girl since 1992. Today my daughter is age 11 The last contact I have had with her she was 4 months old. My X and I had some dissagreements and I returned her to her hometown in Texas soon after she fled to Ohio and eventually filed a case to purcue me for paternity (I was the acknowledged father from before birth but I wasn't notified of my daughters birth for 3 days and As my X exclaimed I didn't need on the birth certificate). I followed through with the court system pushing and helping along as much as I could. During this time I was ridiculed as a user and a worhtless man by the court system in Texas. I've never been able to afford an attorney and I made just over the maximum requirment for legal aid. I was promised visitation by the Texas courts when I had completed signing my paperwork I asked where my visitation paperwork was and it was explained ot me I didn't need visitation. Seems without visitation I cannot force my Ex to have my daughter use her legal last name (Courts changed it to my last name and my Ex uses her maiden name today).. My Ex also has told me in a previous phone conversation that my child will never know me.. It is a tragedy.. I am lost in the court system I make to much but yet not enough to help myself (Currently my child support is over 50% of my total income).. I am told I require an attorney in Ohio and an Attorney in texas.. I am not an attorney I don't understand what to do and where to go.. I had tried to contact the school in the area my daughter would have gone to finding out she in fact goes/went there.. But registered under a false name. My Ex believes it is in hers and her children to have 1 mother and one father.. This being her and her current husband My daughters older brother is in the same boat as my daughter but his father isn't intrested in seeing him (Or as our last conversation). What I am attempting to do.. Is to try and establish a life and relationship with my child before I totally miss out on all of her younger years.. A couple of years ago she lost the chance to know get great great grandmother and aunt. My parents aren't of good health and we as a famile have been searching for her and trying to make contact. Recently I located a website while on google.com it was her her mother and her brother on the website. I sent an email to the webmaster of the site (My daughters grandmother) awaited an anser for almost a week.. (I checked the site daily to give me inspiration and I just couldn't stop looking at my child) and to my amazement she had removed all of the pictures pertaining to my child and her older brother. I can offer any information you may need but I am begging.. this has been going on now for 8 years.. And I've got to do somehting. I've been told ot get an attorney I would.. but I take home 121 dollars US per week after child support and giving myself the basic needs is near impossible much less trying to obtain an attorney in 2 states (as I am told I need to do due to the way the courts had made action on this). I offered birth records to the school to let them know that my child was there under a fictious name but the Principal wasn't intrested and yet advised me to obtain an attorney.. Please help! I've written untold number of these messages moved to Ohio for awhile even to try and be close and able to follow through with visitation and to be able to get a glimpse of my child. Now.. I am in major debt.. And cannot afford an haircut for my job so I cut my own hair.. Please any information/help is desperately needed.. And if all fails atleast another perosn has gotten to hear my plea and story.