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{\an8}You were living together
and conceived a child with him.
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He began exhibiting behaviors
of somebody who was using drugs.
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You called child protective services
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for kidnapping your son.
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- She left the jurisdiction.
- Yes, ma'am.
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- How long?
- Six months.
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- You wouldn't like that.
- I... I would not.
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Well, he's a parent,
just like you are.
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[announcer]
This is Judy Justice.
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{\an8}[theme music playing]
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{\an8}[announcer] Eve Rockhill is suing
her ex-boyfriend, Andrew Tallon,
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for the cost of a car he wrecked
during an accident.
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[bailiff]
Court come in order. All rise.
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Have a seat, please.
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{\an8}Hello, judge.
Case 21- 63, Rockhill vs. Tallon.
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{\an8}- Thank you.
- You're welcome.
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[Judy] Ms Rockhill,
this is basically what the case is about.
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You and the defendant
were in a relationship,
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you have one child together,
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and it is your claim that some
three years ago he took your car,
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with your permission.
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- You were living together at the time?
- Yes.
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He took your car and had an accident.
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- Correct, yes.
- And that was three years ago,
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and you want him to pay
$5,000 on a car
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that Sarah has already checked,
which is worth...
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Between 1,400 and 3,000.
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Which is worth a quarter of that.
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- Do you understand?
- Correct, yeah.
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Yeah, okay, so I want you to forget
about $5,000.
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So if he's responsible
for anything for the car,
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he's responsible for what it's value is,
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which is about 1,400 bucks.
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How long had you been living together
when he borrowed the car.
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About a year.
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[Judy] Okay, and was your child
born during that time?
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- Yes.
- [Judy] What month and year
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was the child born?
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August 2018.
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When was the first time
that you asked Mr. Tallon
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for money for this car
that had been in an accident?
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{\an8}After he was released from jail,
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{\an8}he got arrested from a previous warrant,
um, at the scene of the accident,
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uh, directly from the hospital,
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so when he was released from jail.
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What was the date of the accident?
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April 30th, 2019.
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And how long were you held in jail, sir?
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{\an8}I believe June 11th or so.
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{\an8}- Roughly almost six weeks.
- [Judy] What was the warrant for?
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Domestic battery.
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- [Judy] Against whom?
- Against Eve.
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- [Judy] Against her?
- [Andrew] Against Eve.
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Yes, against her.
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While you were living together,
did you file another complaint
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after the accident?
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No, I didn't. There was a warrant
from the initial complaint.
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And what year was that?
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That was around November of 2018.
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But you remained living together
and you had a child together.
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Why didn't you just withdraw that case?
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[Eve]
I did withdraw it.
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I didn't realize that a warrant
had been released
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until it was, until it was acted upon.
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Well, when he was arrested and he was held
in jail, he contacted you, correct?
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- Yes.
- [Judy] Of course he did.
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Because he said, "What's going on?
We're living together, we have a child,
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what's this warrant for domestic battery?"
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{\an8}It just took time for me
to get it dismissed.
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{\an8}[Judy] No, what I'm asking you is,
he contacted you?
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- Yes.
- [Judy] And when he was released in June,
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of 2019, where did he go to live?
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- Uh, he came back.
- For what period of time?
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About a month,
maybe two months at the most.
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And you lived together
as a couple,
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- with the baby.
- Yes.
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[Judy] And how old was
the baby at the time?
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He would've been about
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between six and eight months,
off the top of my head.
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- And the two of you cared for him.
- Yes.
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[Judy] And during that
two or three month period
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there was no discussion,
that you have in writing,
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about paying back for the car.
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- Not in writing.
- [Judy] Not in writing.
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And what happened after the two months?
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He began exhibiting behaviors that were
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the behaviors of somebody
who was using drugs again.
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Um, he was clean
for a long period of time,
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and he just, his attitude changed,
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his behaviors changed,
and I decided that
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it was time for him to go back
to his mother's house.
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- [Judy] And he did.
- Correct, yes.
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- That was after a couple of months?
- Yes.
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So that would've been in maybe August
or September, is that right, sir?
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- Yes, ma'am.
- [Judy] Okay, so in August or September.
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Did he continue to see his son?
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He did, yeah. I would, um,
I would bring Eden down
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{\an8}to his mother's house
for them to have visits together.
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{\an8}His mother has always been
a safe spot for them to visit.
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All right, and how long did you do that?
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Up until recently.
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- We're pretty much...
- Recently, so you're talking about
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'19, '20, '21.
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- Yes.
- [Judy] Right.
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There was a period of time where,
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because he was living with his mother
at first, there was a period of time
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where I didn't know where he was living,
it made me uncomfortable
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that I was bringing my son, even though
they were visiting at his mother's house,
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it made me uncomfortable
that he wouldn't let me know
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and address for him, just in case
anything happened, just in case,
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you know, anything,
anything happened, basically.
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He wouldn't, he didn't give me an address
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or me to find him, or for me to know
where Eden might be
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if anything were to happen.
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So, what I'm getting
is for three years after this accident
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{\an8}there was no request
that you can demonstrate,
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{\an8}and you weren't together, certainly,
so for the last two years,
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you never went and filed claiming
that he owed you money for the car.
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- So, I... Sorry.
- Just, is that correct.
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No. I did attempt to file several times,
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but I didn't have an address for him.
I did tried to file once for an address...
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Do you have any proof of that?
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- I do not.
- [Judy] No.
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You continued to bring your son
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for visitation with his father.
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- Correct.
- [Judy] Which is a very easy thing to do,
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you're a smart enough gal,
I'm gathering that.
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You bring a friend,
you serve him personally
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with a summons and complaint.
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So the answer is for three years
you did nothing.
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Now I'm gonna find out why,
after three and a half years,
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you've filed this complaint
over a $1,400 car.
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{\an8}- The child is no longer in your custody.
- Temporarily.
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{\an8}[Judy] The child is no longer
in your custody.
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{\an8}The child is in the physical custody
of the paternal grandmother.
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{\an8}- And that is by court order.
- Yes.
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{\an8}And they found that the child
would be at risk in your custody.
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{\an8}Yes.
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{\an8}[announcer] Eve Rockhill claims
her ex- boyfriend, Andrew Tallon
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owes for totaling her car.
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Andrew is countersuing
for emotional distress and attorney fees
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after Eve took their son.
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Okay, you bring a friend,
you serve him personally
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with a summons and complaint.
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So, the answer is for three years
you did nothing.
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Now I'm gonna find out why,
after three and a half years,
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you've filed this complaint
over a $1,400 car.
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Now, Mr. Tallon says
in his cross complaint
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that there came a time
when you left the state,
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the jurisdiction,
that was the child's home state.
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Yes.
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{\an8}And when did you leave the jurisdiction?
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{\an8}That was in September of 2021.
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And you went from where to where?
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We went from Florida, we stopped
in South Carolina for a period of time,
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we had a little vacation before we had
to go, cause we were going to work,
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we were going to clear
a property out for sale.
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So you left the jurisdiction
with the child.
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- Yes.
- [Judy] Prior to that,
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Mr. Tallon had been seeing the child
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- regularly at his mother's house.
- [Eve] Yes.
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- Did you tell him you were leaving?
- Yes.
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What did he say when you told him
you were leaving?
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He didn't really say anything,
he just wanted to spend time with him,
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which he was, you know, they did
spend time together before we left.
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Not before, after you left.
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- You moved to New Jersey.
- I didn't move.
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- I didn't move to New Jersey.
- [Judy] What did you do?
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So, like I said, we went there
to liquidate a house that we have there.
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- It took longer than expected.
- How long?
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It took about five months, six months.
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Things happened with the closing,
deals were made and fell through.
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How long did you tell him
you were gonna be away?
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I was only supposed to be away
for two weeks.
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That's a big deal, Ms. Rockhill.
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- That's a big deal.
- It is.
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[Judy] Because if he says,
"I'm taking Eden for a two week vacation,
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if that's okay, I know you took him away,
I'd like take him away
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for a two week holiday,"
and he goes away for six months,
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- you wouldn't like that.
- I... I would not.
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[Judy]
You would not.
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Well, he's a parent just like you are.
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That's what the law says.
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The law says men, women, treated
just about equally when they have a child.
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If you said to him, "I'm going away
for six months," and he said okay,
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well then you'll agree to. But you said,
"We'll be away for two weeks,"
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and it lasted longer.
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- Yes, that's...
- And during the time
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that it lasted longer,
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about six months longer
than it was supposed to,
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what arrangements did you make
for your son to see his father?
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They had video calls regularly, um,
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I told him I would be back when,
as soon as I could.
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Let me... just a second. So the answer is,
you did not make any,
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- because he has a counter claim, here.
- Yes.
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And his counter claim is for the fact
that you took the child
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out of the jurisdiction, deprived him
of the ability to see the child,
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subsequently, due to circumstances,
and I'm not sure what that is,
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- the child is no longer in your custody.
- Temporarily.
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[Judy]
The child is no longer in your custody,
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the child is in the physical custody
of the paternal grandmother.
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Is that correct?
And that is by court order.
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- Yes.
- The beginning of that process
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was made in what month and year?
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July of 2022.
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Was that a child protective proceeding?
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It was, yes.
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And I assume that if it was
a child protective proceeding,
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that the court found
that based upon whatever
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was alleged in the petition
that was not brought by him
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but by the Department of Social Services
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{\an8}or Child Welfare Administration,
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{\an8}they found that the child
would be at risk in your custody.
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Yes.
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And as a result of that,
they took the child into care,
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and this is all stuff,
cause I've been here,
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I've, you know,
this is my bread and butter.
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Instead of placing the child
in a strange foster home,
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they placed the child
with the defendant's mother.
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- Correct.
- [Judy] For how long a period?
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Eighteen months?
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Indefinite. Um, there's no specified
period of time, however...
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Well, they have... the court, if the court
is placing a child through the state,
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unless you relinquish
your parental rights, did you do that?
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- No, I didn't.
- Okay, unless you relinquished
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your parental rights or the court
terminated your parental rights,
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they have to review this case periodically
to see whether either one of you
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as the parents are ready
to assume custody of the child.
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Right? So when is this case
gonna be reviewed?
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I believe the next review is in February.
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- [Judy] February of this year?
- Of this year, correct, yes.
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[Judy] That's a reasonable answer,
so that you do know.
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So that's the change in circumstance.
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Now, getting back, Ms. Rockhill,
to what motivated you after three years
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after you gave him permission
to drive the car and he had an accident,
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and you made up this whole
baloney story in your complaint
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that says, "Police arrested Andrew
at the scene of the accident
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because I had previously filed
a domestic abuse charge against him
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and there was a warrant."
But you were living together
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during the time that there was
this outstanding warrant,
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you were living together
and conceived a child with him.
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{\an8}The child was already conceived,
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{\an8}he was already born at the time
of the domestic violence altercation.
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In 2018?
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In two thousand, the end of 2018,
yes, he was born in August
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and the altercation happened in November.
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So he was very young.
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But you reunited
and were living together
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with him as a family.
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- Yes.
- [Judy] All right.
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"The police arrested Andrew then
on a domestic abuse charge
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and there was a warrant. When Andrew
was released from jail he disappeared."
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- [Eve] So...
- [Judy] That's what... Just a second.
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That's what you say here.
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"He disappeared, my car was fully paid off
and I had no liability insurance.
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Andrew refused to pay for my totaled car,
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and he refused to see our son.
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He moved and went into hiding."
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That's what you signed,
that's your complaint.
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"I tried to file this small claims case
against him several times,
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but could not find his current address."
Well that's not true.
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You knew exactly where he was
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until you moved out of the jurisdiction
to New Jersey for six months,
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because he had been regularly seeing
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his son at his mother's house.
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But he wasn't living
at his mother's house...
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It doesn't make any difference,
that's not what you say here.
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[Eve] I did put that he
was at his mother's house.
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He may not have been living there.
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He may not have wanted you to know
where he was living.
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- He didn't, and that's why I said...
- [Judy] That's okay, he doesn't have
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to tell you where he's living.
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Unless a judge orders him, he doesn't have
to tell you where he's living.
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You were having visitation
at his mother's house,
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so all of this stuff after the accident
is all a bunch of baloney.
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{\an8}So did there come a time
when you were concerned
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{\an8}that your son was using drugs.
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{\an8}- Um...
- [Judy] That's either a yes or a no.
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{\an8}- Yes.
- [Judy] Yes.
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{\an8}And was it at that time that you suggested
she come and pick up Eden?
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{\an8}I told her to pick him up from school,
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{\an8}I didn't tell her to come pick up Eden
and take off for five months.
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{\an8}[announcer] Eve Rockhill has accused
her ex- boyfriend, Andrew Tallon,
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of totaling her car.
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Andrew claims Eve kept him
from seeing their son.
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You knew exactly where he was
until you moved.
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I didn't though. He was not living
at his mother's house at the time,
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that was just a place that he was visiting
with Eden and that I would bring him to.
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Perfect! So you would set
the terms of that, and the terms were
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that he could see the child
even without a court order,
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because he was his father and had lived
with him after he got out of jail.
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- [Eve] Yes.
- Lived with him,
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which you don't say here.
After he got out of jail.
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- But I didn't put that...
- I don't think you have a case.
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He drove the car with your permission,
you were living together as a couple,
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you have a child together,
your case is dismissed.
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{\an8}Now, I want you to tell me, sir,
you have a counter claim
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{\an8}for her kidnapping your son,
she left the jurisdiction.
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- You called Child Protective Services.
- Yes, ma'am.
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[Judy] Tell me when you called
Child Protective Services.
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Because that's the reason
that this lawsuit came about.
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The last time I saw him before she left
the state with him was September 19th.
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Me and my family, we went to SeaWorld,
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and she was supposed to meet me.
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She said, when we dropped off,
that she was gonna meet me in Tampa,
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and when I called her she said
that she was in Jacksonville.
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She lives in Ocala,
so she was like still like two hours
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north east of where she lives,
and she wasn't in Tampa,
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so I just decided just to take him home
rather than argue. I took him home
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and the house was just disgusting,
beer cans filled up in the trash cans.
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The living conditions were troubling.
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Was there a neglect proceeding?
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{\an8}- For this?
- [Judy] The baby.
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{\an8}I had an interview with the case worker,
the investigator, initially.
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[Judy] Were you there in court
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- when your mother was granted...
- Yes, ma'am.
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- [Judy] Yes?
- Yes, ma'am.
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- [Judy] Was Ms. Rockhill?
- [Andrew] Yes, she was there, too.
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[Judy]
Do you see your son regularly?
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- Yes, ma'am.
- [Judy] So the period of time
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when you did not see him
was a six month period, is that right?
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That was the second time, yeah.
It happened the year, the year prior,
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she did it before, too,
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where she removed him from school.
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Since I've moved home in 2019,
we've shared custody periodically
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until she decides
that she wants to take him
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and not allow me to see him,
or for whatever,
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it's just, I think it's a control thing.
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And this was the second time.
My counterclaim is for the second time.
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How long was the first time?
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Roughly the same time,
five months, six months.
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[Judy]
Where did you go the first time?
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I didn't go anywhere, I actually received
a text from his mother, Angel,
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to come pick up Eden.
Andrew was using drugs again
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and come pick up Eden, it'd be easiest
to do it while he was at school
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to avoid potentially traumatizing Eden.
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- [Judy] Did you send that email?
- I did not send her an email, no.
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- [Eve] It was a text.
- A text.
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- [Angel] I sent her a text message.
- Okay, just a second.
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You're his mother, come.
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You sent her a text message,
that's not something she would make up
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because I'm gonna ask to see it,
she's gonna show me.
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So did there come a time
when you were concerned
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that your son was using drugs?
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- Um...
- [Judy] That's either a yes or a no.
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- Yes.
- [Judy] Yes.
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And was it at that time that you suggested
she come and pick up Eden?
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I told her to pick him up from school,
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{\an8}I didn't tell her to come pick up Eden
and take off for five months.
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{\an8}- I didn't take off.
- [Judy] Okay, but you told her
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- to pick him up from school.
- Yes.
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He knew where to find me,
I was at the same address,
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I didn't leave anywhere,
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he's known where we've lived
the entire time.
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He could've come up and seen him,
we could've met somewhere, I'm...
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I don't know, you did in fact remove him
the second time for six, for six months.
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[Eve] I did, the second time, yes.
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I did not purposefully,
to keep him away from Andrew.
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We just, I mean we had
business to attend to,
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and it ended up taking
a lot longer than it should've.
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Now you see him... now you see him
all the time, is that right?
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I actually, I live back at home again.
When this happened, because...
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Just a second, so you live
back at home with your mother?
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- [Andrew] Yes, I see him every day.
- Since when?
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{\an8}I've been living back at home for,
I think, roughly a month or so.
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[Judy]
Where are you working?
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- I work for a solar company.
- [Judy] For how long?
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I went to jail for DUI last year,
I got out.
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That's why I'm having to do
the case plan, because of my, my DUI.
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That was in, like, August 1st
is when I started this job.
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- [Judy] Okay, are you working?
- I am, yes.
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- [Judy] What kind of work do you do?
- I'm a dental assistant.
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Did you have a trial in the family court?
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Not yet, we're still
awaiting adjudication.
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- [Judy] Of full custody.
- Yes.
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But the child is with you under
the auspices of Child Protective Services.
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Yes, her trial is the 13th of February.
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- [Judy] For the neglect case.
- Yes.
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Is that correct?
You have a lawyer there.
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- [Eve] Yes, I do.
- [Judy] Okay, good.
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Your case against the respondent
for the damage to the car
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three years ago is dismissed.
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Likewise is your action against her
for attorney's fees, the custody.
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Are you appearing in that custody case?
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I'm almost complete with my case plan.
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I will be there for that, yes, ma'am.
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Good. So I suggest we not say anything
nasty about each other,
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because there is always
that strong probability
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that you're gonna have
to co- parent this child.
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- It's never been a problem in the past.
- Good, very good.
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- Case is dismissed. We're done.
- Thank you.
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[bailif]
This court is adjourned.
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{\an8}I don't wanna be a part of his life.
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{\an8}I want him to have
a part of his child's life,
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{\an8}as I always have and have always
done my best to make sure that he has.
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{\an8}I've, honestly, I couldn't tell you.
I couldn't tell you,
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{\an8}I just think she was just...
maybe she was just
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{\an8}trying to get back at me.
Maybe, maybe not.
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{\an8}Unfortunately, you know,
circumstances arose that
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{\an8}I wasn't expecting.
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{\an8}I feel like sometimes,
he was, my... our son
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{\an8}was used in a way to hurt me.
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{\an8}Things happened with the sale of the house
and the closing of the house,
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um, deals were dropped,
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{\an8}um, we were just trying to get it,
we were just trying to get rid of it
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{\an8}and it took longer than expected.
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{\an8}It's hard to see the fighting and the,
you know, just the separation of a family.
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{\an8}I was just worried, you know,
I was in mom mode,
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{\an8}and I was... I was worried.
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{\an8}Because I know what he's capable of,
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{\an8}I've been exposed to him
while he was using,
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{\an8}while he was exhibiting behaviors,
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{\an8}that would be damaging
and traumatizing to Eden.
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{\an8}It's my past. I mean, it's true,
I'm not the same person.
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{\an8}I just wanna be the best parent I can be.
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{\an8}I hope we can parent our son together.
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[Judy] You know, Sarah, there were lots
of tentacles in that case.
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- There were.
- [Judy] Yeah.
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But if you tried to take
all those tentacles
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that we really
don't have jurisdiction over,
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- I think that they said that custody...
- Ongoing.
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- ...is ongoing.
- Mm-hmm.
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If you remove all those tentacles,
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there was an accident three years ago,
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and despite the fact
that she really knew where he was,
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where he could be served,
because she regularly
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brought the child over to him,
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and he said that for a good part
of that time shared 50/50 custody.
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She was perfectly comfortable
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with Eden staying
with his paternal grandmother.
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- Case was really about this car.
- Yeah.
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And he had an accident, three years ago,
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they lived together, they slept together,
they shared a child together,
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and now that he notified
Child Protective Services
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of what he saw when he brought
the child home,
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and she physically lost custody
after an investigation,
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that's the motivation for filing this now.
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She waited too long.
He had her permission, drove the car.
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As far as I'm concerned, the only person
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that I ever feel sorry for
in these things...
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- Is the kid.
- [Judy] ...is the kid.
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