Tag: court
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I See
The paperwork said it was an emergency. It said I was self-medicating my cancer. I have never tried pot or any non-prescription medication. I have never had a drinking problem. And at the time he filed it, I wasn’t taking anything at all — I was in remission. It was a lie so total that…
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A Court Order to be at My Own House
I learned, during those years, that a court order is only as real as someone’s willingness to enforce it. On its own, it’s just paper, ink and a signature and a promise that turns out to be conditional. There were a lot of them. Orders were made, and then he simply wouldn’t follow them, and…
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What She Knew
They were laughing when I walked in. My ex, and a man I didn’t recognize, sitting together in the courtroom before the hearing started, easy and joking like two people waiting for a ballgame. I didn’t know who the man was. It didn’t even occur to me to worry about it. I had done nothing…
