Chapter 052 – Judge Cole’s Order

Chapter 52 - Chapter 052 – Judge Cole’s Order
Judge Cole ruled from the bench.
Immediate injunction against listing, selling, entering, emptying, or altering my home without my written consent.
No contact at the house by the children except through counsel.
Temporary protection order regarding financial accounts.
Referral to Adult Protective Services for abandonment review.
Recognition that the conditional inheritance clause had been triggered sufficiently to preserve the issue for probate.
Martin whispered something to his lawyer.
The judge heard enough.
“Mr. Carter,” she said, “if you are tempted to call this unfair, I suggest you begin your analysis at the bus station.”
For the first time since dawn eight days earlier, I inhaled without pain.
May you like
Not fully.
Enough.