Callie had to bite her tongue to keep from shouting, but her lawyer touched her arm to remind her to stay calm and focused.

Joel went on at length about family values, concern, and the heavy sacrifice they’d made to pay for medical expenses they’d never actually covered.

He claimed the house had to be sold because it was too much work, and insisted Geneva was far better off in their custody.

Then Mr. Goodwin opened the first folder and began, methodically, to dismantle every one of their pathetic lies.

He showed photographs from the day the elderly woman was left on the doorstep—disheveled, cold, and with no medication for her condition.

He presented dozens of text messages in which Joel insulted Callie and threatened her if she ever dared hire a lawyer for her grandmother.

Then he read the medical report confirming severe neglect, dramatic weight loss, and extreme anxiety caused by her former caregivers.