Black Queer Family Emergency

 

The Fundraising Goal: A group of aunties and queer folx are working to fundraise a total of $20,000. These funds will be used to secure a lawyer for the trial and other legal costs for this black, queer family in Minneapolis working to get custody of their 8-year-old daughter.

 

As soon as $10,000 is raised (half of the fundraising goal), that money will be used for a legal retainer to pay for the legal fees earned by the attorney and expenses related to getting an emergency order to return their child to them, legal representation and other protective measures. This retainer is very important as it is the family’s way of guaranteeing to the lawyer that they are financially able to employ the lawyer’s services and is committed to funding the matter. The remaining $10,000 raised will pay for additional legal fees for the upcoming trial.

 

The Impact of this Fundraiser: A black, queer family will have the legal resources to fully defend themselves in a family court system that is not accustomed to serving queer families in crisis.

 

Background Information: Since January 2020, Nuemeh and her wife Juanita (middle names are being used) have been harassed and have had false accusations claimed against them. On February 25th, 2022 Nuemeh was kept away from her daughter illegally, but with the help of a lawyer through an emergency judge order she was retrieved on March 23rd 2022. Over the last two years, the family has spent $35,000 in legal fees dealing with the sperm donor and the biological mother attempting to remove and undermine Nuemeh, who is a masculine-of-center woman, as her daughter’s legal mother.