If not, we seek the appropriate remedies.”

“And Emily?”

“We address immediate protection now.

She doesn’t have to wait for an accountant to finish.”

The attorney explained the applications available on the documented facts and the limits of what an early order could decide.

She would seek temporary protective conditions and appropriate child contact arrangements.

Later hearings and assessment would still be needed.

I wasn’t promised that Richard would lose every parental right, that Patricia would never be allowed contact again, or that the trust would automatically become mine because I was the mother who left.