“When Mr.

Mitchell signed his daughter out of school for that first emergency visit,” Marcus said, “he deliberately wrote a fake contact number on the official log so the guidance office couldn’t check with her mother about where she was going.”

Daniel’s gold pen slipped out of his fingers and rattled on the hardwood floor.

“We’ve also submitted the home phone service logs showing three deleted hospital follow-up voicemails,” Marcus said.

“And a copy of the joint insurance policy rider that bars unauthorized policy cancellations during a documented pediatric medical crisis.”