The joint checking account had been emptied through a transfer marked as a temporary capital contribution to Julian’s business.

The authorization form bore an electronic approval supposedly made by me at 2:14 p.m. on a day I had been sitting with Noah in a pediatric clinic.

I had the appointment receipt and a text to Julian from the waiting room.

That alone did not prove I could not have approved something electronically, but I knew I had not.

The bank produced device information in response to the court-approved request.