The judge ruled in our favour. We have an interim custody order lasting until October 31st, at which point I assume we will reconvene to determine what happens next. This gives our lawyers time to get affidavits from everyone else who has something to say about the situation and it also gives C some time to try and get herself sorted out. I think it's highly unlikely she will, by that point in time, be prepared to take custody back because the chances are that she won't be finished her program, won't have been able to set up a place to live, etcetera. But the hope, of course, is that she eventually will. Meanwhile, it's a tremendous relief to have legal custody set up so that we have some legal rights and the ability to intervene if C tries to run away or do something dangerous.
The scary part is that C is going to be served with all the paperwork today. And she's not going to like reading those affidavits in which we had to dredge up some ugly things about her life. I just hope she can calm down enough to move forward and do what she needs to do to get herself sorted out.
For now, five weeks of stability.
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