He was smiling at the camera, a gap where a front tooth should have been, a green plastic dinosaur clutched in one hand.

Under the photograph was an old blue savings passbook.

The name inside was Timothy.

The entries and accompanying account material suggested money had been set aside for him.

At the bottom lay folded legal papers.

The top sheet carried a printed court heading and seal.

I unfolded it.

“Petition for Legal Guardianship.”