“I would like to hear the opening statement from your client.” Giles did the opening statement because he didn’t want me to get to emotional to early on. Now the judge has requested that I do it myself. I got up and looked at the judge. I’ve been trying to avoid eye contact with William.
“I’m here today because I want custody of my daughter. I am the one who raised her. It has always just been me and her. He didn’t have any role in her life and I can’t see how he can keep her away from me. He has never shown interest in her before. I don’t want that life for her. I was raised in an environment like that and it’s just not what I want for her…”
“What you don’t want her to grow up with everything she could want in a large home, be realistic.”
“I don’t want her to grow up in a house where
