It helps build the case for emotional distress by showing he forces the child to keep his secrets.

But on its own, it doesn’t prove active financial fraud.”

“Then how do we stop him from hiding the rest of the money?” I asked.

Carl tapped his index finger against the legal petition.

“We have to force him into a sworn public accounting,” Carl said.

“Under oath, on the record, with all his bank files laid open in front of a judge.”

“How do we do that before he empties the Oakridge accounts?” I asked.