‘Can’t the Judge see that the mother’s so brain damaged from being beaten by him and so scared she’ll say whatever he wants, including, as she’s just done, denying the abuse she and the children have suffered?’
‘Apparently not.’
‘The father’s lawyer’s got to know, got to know too that the mother should have a separate lawyer?’
‘Just wants a win for his client.’
‘And the children’s lawyer?’
‘Says his clients, well the older children at least, have told him that they want to go home.’
‘Why would they do that now?’
‘Well, I doubt they ever wanted to leave really. They just wanted the abuse to stop. And they know their mother can’t care for herself, let alone them.’
‘So this court application could just fall over and she and the kids will go back to that abuse?’
‘I’m afraid it’s looking that way today.’
‘So what’s the point?’
‘The point is that we’ve tried and that we’ll keep on trying.’
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