Whitmore took the infants after an emergency medical situation while the father was absent,” Daniel said.

“We’ve provided the pediatrician’s report from December twenty-seventh.”

“She took them in the dark,” Cole’s attorney snapped, turning toward the gallery.

“She fled the family home to gain leverage in a commercial trust dispute.”

Judge Miller flipped through the blue-backed filing.

She stopped at page six and lifted her reading glasses.

“Mr.

Whitmore is the biological father with no criminal record and no prior custody orders on file,” Judge Miller said.