Don’t guess.

Don’t interrupt.

Grant sat at the other table with a lawyer I hadn’t met.

He looked exhausted, but when our eyes met he lifted his chin in the old familiar challenge.

His attorney suggested I had used the inheritance to exclude him from the marital residence and manipulate access to the children.

David presented the actual timeline: Grant had placed my belongings outside before learning about the inheritance; Nora had helped care for the children during the confrontation; we had proposed regular contact afterward.

The judge asked questions about the children’s schedules, schooling, and both parents’ ability to cooperate.