What you don't know, your Honor, is that my child is suffering at the hands of my abuser, who continues to use him as a tool to hurt me. That is what sociopaths do.
What you don't know, your Honor, is that I left an abusive relationship to better protect myself and my son, but the flawed family court system has resulted me with the exact opposite.
What you don't see, your Honor, is the confusion in my child's eyes as he desperately tries to understand why mommy keeps sending him back to daddy, while daddy tells him that mommy doesn't want him.
What you don't hear, your Honor, is the quivering little voice that cries about having to go back to dad's and how he says mean things about mommy. You don't see the confusion overcome his face as he tries to discern truth from lie at the mere age of five.
What you don't see, your Honor, is the joy fall out of my little boy's eyes when he has to go back to OUR abuser. You don't have to watch him turn into just a shell of a person as he becomes empty inside and loses himself amidst all of the evils his father shows him.
What you don't know, your Honor, is that that family court system has failed my son... along with many other children... and it won't stop until someone really delves deeper into each individual case with the time and energy it deserves. What you don't know, your Honor... is a lot more than you could imagine.
