The court treats an unauthorized signature waiver as direct proof of financial dissipation.”

I signed the freeze request and slid the pile back to his side of the table.

“It’s eight fifty,” Thomas said.

“The clerk opens the electronic filing portal at nine sharp.”

He sat down at his monitor and clicked his mouse.

The screen showed a progress bar uploading the scanned papers to the county server.

Martinez stood at the window looking out over the parking lot.

He kept his hands jammed deep in his jacket pockets.