Now I was answering questions about a private life I had become accustomed to explaining away.

The court considered the immediate needs of both babies, the parents’ rights and responsibilities, support, medical costs, and the proposed contact arrangements.

It did not decide the employment case, punish an affair, or declare that Garrett could never become a more attentive father.

Temporary orders established care arrangements and gradual contact appropriate to the infants’ age, including supervised visits under the plan put in place.

The arrangements could be reviewed as circumstances and reliable information developed.