“It’s good because a family court judge is going to see exactly what he’s doing,” she said.

“He’s using outright financial abuse to block emergency medical care for a child.”

“He used her savings to pay off a defaulted equipment lease with Tri-State Industrial.”

Claire printed the company name on her yellow legal pad in sharp capital letters.

“He’s covering up his own insolvency,” she said.

“He knows the surgery will trigger a huge deductible, and he doesn’t have the cash or the credit to pay it.”

“So what do we do right now?”