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♪ Baby, River ♪
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♪ Baby, River ♪
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♪ He's the cutest guy ♪
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♪ Baby, River ♪
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Hi.
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Oh, sweetie.
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Whatcha looking at?
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You're the cutest little guy
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in the whole wide world.
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Yes, you are, yes.
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♪ Baby, River ♪
♪ Baby, River ♪
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Uh, oh, stinky poo poo.
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River's out of diapers.
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I've gotta go to the store.
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Watch him.
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Cool, babe.
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The stove is on.
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Make sure you turn it
off in five minutes.
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Okay.
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Come on, yeah! Come on. Yeah!
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Clay!
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- Watch him.
- Okay, okay.
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I got something I wanna show you.
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Oh, I love this show.
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No, this is actually
the Japanese version.
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Oh!
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She's moving.
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Go!
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Oh, damn.
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That must have hurt.
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Oh, shoot, I gotta go.
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Stop, stop, that's my baby!
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That's my son!
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That's my son!
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Do you live here Miss, um?
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No, it's my-it's my boyfriend's place.
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We're just-we're just
staying here until...
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Well one of your neighbours called 911
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when the smoke detector went off
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and no one in your unit was responding.
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They found drugs in the apartment.
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Did you know there were
drugs in the apartment?
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Can you please just
give me my baby back?
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He needs to be changed.
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I just-I just want to change his diaper.
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Child and Family Services
are on their way.
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He needs to be changed!
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Just, just give him back.
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Can you please just give him back.
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I'm sorry.
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How is it in the best
interest of this little boy
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to keep him from his mother?
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It is certainly not in the
child's best interest
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to be kept in a home with
an habitual drug user
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as well as someone who's been diagnosed
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with an illness that makes
her incapable of parenting.
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Where are you getting this?
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This court would be
endangering the life...
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What evidence does counsel base
her opinion on, Your Honour?
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Urine tests
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taken one hour after police
were called to the scene
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show that Clay Pyke,
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the father of the minor child,
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had over 300 nanograms
of THC in his system.
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Miss Bond's social worker, Ona Reeves,
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can provide evidence to
attest to Miss Bond's history
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of missing doctor's appointments,
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as well as evading CFS's
mandated home visits.
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Evading? Your Honour,
Miss Bond taking her son
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to visit with his
grandmother is evading?
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Your Honour, Miss Bond's
poor executive functioning,
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hyperactivity and attention deficiencies
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place her child at risk and...
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Your Honour, my client was diagnosed
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with a mild form of Fetal
Alcohol Spectrum Disorder
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as a teenager.
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The Department of Child
and Family Services
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is discriminating against her
based on her disability.
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Please, stop.
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If only I had all day for this.
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Miss Diggs, I'm going to give
you and your client 40 days
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to present a parenting plan
acceptable to this court.
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If you're unable to do so,
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we will move forward with
a permanent care hearing
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where final custody of the minor
child will be determined.
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In the meantime,
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the minor child will remain in
the care and custody of CFS.
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We are adjourned.
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All rise.
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What does that mean?
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There's a lot of work to be done,
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and very little time.
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Hi, I'm, uh, Carson Myers.
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5'11" 175 pounds.
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I like, uh, cheap beer, hot wings,
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and, uh, baked rice pudding.
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I'm currently single,
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having recently divorced.
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We're good?
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It's a start.
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I smell coffee.
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Better be hot.
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Colleen catches you eating
from her secret stash,
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she's gonna kill ya.
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Go ahead, tell her.
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Guess who won't be at
your annual booze cruise,
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and if I'm not there,
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my mother's famous apple
pie won't be there either.
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Aw, hey now.
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That's not playing fair.
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And after all the nice things
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I said about you to the
School of Social Work?
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They called you?
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What'd you say?
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I said they'd be lucky to have you.
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Thank you.
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Oh, hey, Kim, how's it going?
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Pam, hi.
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Hi.
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Pam, can you tell Marcie
Noreen is always late?
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It's true, Kim's mother is always late.
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When do you go before Judge Lawrence?
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In three days.
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That's when the parenting plan is due,
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but I may need to ask for an extension
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if Noreen's kinship
application isn't complete.
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Where is your mother?
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Oh, you want your mother
to be River's guardian?
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Mom's good now.
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She quit drinking and everything.
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Okay, great.
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So you're not gonna appeal
the judge's initial ruling?
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I have a little time,
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I'd be more than happy to help.
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I think we're good.
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Besides, Kim wants her
little boy back with her,
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not in foster care with strangers,
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and Noreen's kinship application
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is the fastest way to make this happen.
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Okay, Katniss.
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Nice to see you, Kim.
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Katniss?
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Like the girl from the Hunger Games?
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Yeah, it's just a...
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a stupid nickname from my old firm.
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Marcie Diggs.
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Where are you?
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Marcie,
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Rick and I, our voices are loud.
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I swear to god we wasn't doin' nothin'!
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Don't even lie to me Noreen, okay?
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The arresting officer
told me that there's been
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at least five calls in
the last three weeks.
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Oh, I'm not allowed to have a life?
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You know what, you're selfish!
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You realize 90% of parents with FASD
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have their kids taken from them.
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Fetal Alcohol Syndrome?
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Make 'em prove it.
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I'll swear on a stack of
Bibles I never touched a drop
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when I was pregnant with Kim.
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- You put me on the stand...
- So you can lie?
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In three days, I have
to convince the judge
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that Kim has support systems necessary
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to help raise her son,
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and now because you can't keep
it together we got nothing.
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No, not doing this.
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You're not gonna give me a ride?
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Bus is running.
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A Mareva injunction, really, Tessa?
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I mean do you really think
you're gonna convince a judge
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to freeze my client's assets?
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Sure.
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Two p.m.
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What'd she say?
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It's good.
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They want to sit down tomorrow at two.
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I think we're gonna be
able to settle this.
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Everything I've got is in
that business, Colleen.
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You'll take care of this, right?
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Look, I'm-I'm a bit late for a
meeting with one of my lawyers,
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but don't worry, I'm gonna handle this.
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Okay, thanks.
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I've got a mother charged with
assault causing bodily harm
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after leaving a child in a hot car.
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The Crown is considering
the death penalty.
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Nice.
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Nice?
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Have you heard a word that I've said?
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Sorry.
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Look, I'm helping out a friend
on a civil litigation file.
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He owns this small landscaping business,
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you know, hires kids for the summer,
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pays them a good wage,
teaches them mindfulness.
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He's the definition of a do-gooder.
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What did he do?
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Well, one of the kids he hired
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was bullying another one,
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and the kid who was being harassed
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got fed up and stabbed him in
the arm with pruning shears.
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The "Garden Hedge Hero"?
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Your guy's messed up in that nonsense?
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The parents of the bully
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are now saying that their
kid lost their reputation
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due to Lyle's negligence,
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and they're suing him for
two million dollars.
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Let me get this straight.
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Their kid bullies someone and
they're suing your friend?
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That's the takeaway?
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The villain becomes the victim.
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How the hell did we get here?
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Ona, come on.
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Louise will do whatever you tell her.
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Where's the restraining order?
It-it needs to be in the file.
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Get her lawyer on the
phone, we need that paper.
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Tomorrow we can make a motion
and ask the judge together
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to give me, to give Kim more time.
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Last time I looked,
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it was just Kim and Noreen.
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The paternal grandparents
aren't interested?
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I've already been down this road.
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Do you think I want to take
Kim's child away from her?
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Then don't!
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Kim is doing, has done the work.
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Her illness in and of
itself shouldn't-shouldn't
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disqualify her from raising her kid.
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Come to me with somebody who
can help Kim raise her son,
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and I'll consider it.
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Without that,
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I have to recommend River be
placed with another family
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permanently.
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Hello, Mr. Pyke,
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I represent Kim Bond and
I was really hoping...
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Hello?
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Um, were you expecting Kim?
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Well, she's here.
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Oh, and she's leaking.
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She's leaking?
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My doctor told me that breast milk
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is better than formula for babies.
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Said it will make River a smart boy.
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How can I help you, Kim?
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I went to take River's
milk to Ona this morning
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and she wouldn't take it.
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Said it was too much for the fosters.
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You're taking breast
milk to CFS every day?
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River will get his milk, don't worry.
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Whoa.
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I need a favour, it's personal.
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Shoot.
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I'm supposed to go to M&M
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for a meeting at two o'clock
today on Lyle's case.
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They called, they insisted
I got the time wrong.
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They want to meet at noon.
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I've got a conflict.
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- Can you...
- Sure.
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Thanks, Doug.
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Listen, one more thing.
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Lyle's like family to me.
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I love the guy,
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but he's not gonna want to
go hard on these people.
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Don't worry. I got it covered.
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Thanks.
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Got any gluten-free options?
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You gotta have gluten-free options.
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Well I'm cooking up my
famous fried whole clams,
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will that do?
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00:11:26,680 --> 00:11:29,040
No, that's not gluten-free.
270
00:11:29,830 --> 00:11:31,300
This arrived for you.
271
00:11:31,320 --> 00:11:33,340
Whoa, did you see who it was from?
272
00:11:33,400 --> 00:11:34,600
Just the delivery guy.
273
00:11:35,300 --> 00:11:36,680
Huh.
274
00:11:40,700 --> 00:11:42,380
So, who's it from?
275
00:11:42,410 --> 00:11:44,120
Return from Amazon, nothing special.
276
00:11:45,840 --> 00:11:47,760
Return from Amazon?
277
00:11:47,800 --> 00:11:49,240
Mhmm.
278
00:11:49,560 --> 00:11:51,040
Weird.
279
00:11:52,160 --> 00:11:54,860
Do you know how hard it
is to find great fosters?
280
00:11:54,990 --> 00:11:58,330
This whole business with Kim and
the bottles of breast milk?
281
00:11:58,360 --> 00:11:59,390
It's too much of a burden.
282
00:11:59,430 --> 00:12:00,840
Then you should have allowed her access.
283
00:12:00,860 --> 00:12:03,570
Ha, I remember being so high and mighty.
284
00:12:03,580 --> 00:12:04,800
You'll come down to earth soon enough.
285
00:12:04,870 --> 00:12:06,100
I want you to get this milk
286
00:12:06,120 --> 00:12:07,720
to the foster family before it spoils.
287
00:12:07,740 --> 00:12:09,740
Did you not hear what I just said?
288
00:12:10,240 --> 00:12:11,410
What are you...
289
00:12:11,420 --> 00:12:14,210
River is going to get his mother's
freshly pumped breast milk
290
00:12:14,280 --> 00:12:16,040
every day that he
remains in foster care,
291
00:12:16,060 --> 00:12:17,079
and if he doesn't,
292
00:12:17,080 --> 00:12:19,550
I'm gonna file a civil suit against CFS
293
00:12:19,620 --> 00:12:21,900
on behalf of Kim for
intentionally interfering
294
00:12:21,930 --> 00:12:23,150
with Kim's maternal rights.
295
00:12:23,190 --> 00:12:24,220
Go easy, Marcie.
296
00:12:24,320 --> 00:12:25,920
Not on this.
297
00:12:30,940 --> 00:12:32,460
You're lucky I like you.
298
00:12:37,470 --> 00:12:40,260
Mr. Paul, Tessa Cox.
299
00:12:40,320 --> 00:12:42,740
So you're the gentle giant
I've heard so much about.
300
00:12:42,770 --> 00:12:44,909
Well, my daughter's
got a way with words.
301
00:12:44,910 --> 00:12:46,380
My daughter Leah, she works here.
302
00:12:46,510 --> 00:12:47,940
Along with 200 other folks.
303
00:12:47,960 --> 00:12:49,170
No, I meant Marcie Diggs.
304
00:12:49,220 --> 00:12:50,710
She's my former associate.
305
00:12:50,850 --> 00:12:51,960
Marcie is great.
306
00:12:52,000 --> 00:12:53,480
I miss her every day.
307
00:12:53,750 --> 00:12:55,419
Mr. Kavanaugh, Tessa Cox.
308
00:12:55,420 --> 00:12:56,780
Hey, uh, Lyle.
309
00:12:57,760 --> 00:13:00,440
I-I wasn't aware that Legal Aid
310
00:13:00,480 --> 00:13:02,060
took on cases like this.
311
00:13:02,190 --> 00:13:03,720
I was happy to receive
the call from Colleen,
312
00:13:03,740 --> 00:13:06,480
and I think if we put
our heads together,
313
00:13:06,540 --> 00:13:08,200
we should be able to put
this matter to bed.
314
00:13:08,260 --> 00:13:09,530
That is our hope.
315
00:13:09,600 --> 00:13:10,800
Great.
316
00:13:12,000 --> 00:13:13,600
All right. Now,
317
00:13:13,620 --> 00:13:15,980
I've advised my clients
to let me do the talking.
318
00:13:16,000 --> 00:13:18,139
It takes the emotion out of it.
319
00:13:18,140 --> 00:13:20,080
Now, I assume your client, Lyle,
320
00:13:20,120 --> 00:13:22,040
when he hired the Nolans' son, Arthur,
321
00:13:22,080 --> 00:13:25,160
that his intent was for it
to be a positive experience.
322
00:13:25,320 --> 00:13:26,649
Of course.
323
00:13:26,650 --> 00:13:29,080
All I want is to teach these kids how to
324
00:13:29,120 --> 00:13:31,000
interact with nature and their peers
325
00:13:31,020 --> 00:13:33,290
instead of a cellphone or a tablet.
326
00:13:33,320 --> 00:13:35,400
So you're making it your responsibility
327
00:13:35,420 --> 00:13:38,580
to prepare these boys for the
next phase of their lives?
328
00:13:38,620 --> 00:13:40,080
- Well I...
- You can't do that.
329
00:13:40,110 --> 00:13:41,220
If you wanted to pose my client...
330
00:13:41,240 --> 00:13:42,520
I've been instructed by my clients
331
00:13:42,540 --> 00:13:44,400
to settle the claim against your client
332
00:13:44,420 --> 00:13:45,899
with the following terms.
333
00:13:45,900 --> 00:13:48,380
First, Lyle will write a letter to Brown
334
00:13:48,420 --> 00:13:50,600
on behalf of the Nolans' son, Arthur,
335
00:13:50,630 --> 00:13:52,920
taking full responsibility
for the incident
336
00:13:52,940 --> 00:13:55,140
between my client's son
and the other boy.
337
00:13:55,150 --> 00:13:59,779
Second, he will agree to
shut down his business.
338
00:13:59,780 --> 00:14:02,880
I mean, it's not as if it's
much of a business to give up.
339
00:14:03,340 --> 00:14:04,790
I know.
340
00:14:04,800 --> 00:14:06,660
It should give Mr.
Kavanaugh a strong basis
341
00:14:06,680 --> 00:14:08,290
to file a defamation claim.
342
00:14:08,320 --> 00:14:09,340
Defamation?
343
00:14:09,360 --> 00:14:11,320
Dr. Nolan and her husband
have been going around
344
00:14:11,360 --> 00:14:13,039
accusing my client of negligence,
345
00:14:13,040 --> 00:14:14,220
which you can't prove.
346
00:14:14,260 --> 00:14:17,330
You've blamed your son's
bullying on my client,
347
00:14:17,340 --> 00:14:19,200
which you also know is false.
348
00:14:19,240 --> 00:14:21,639
Your son needs counselling not...
349
00:14:21,640 --> 00:14:25,070
So you're a lawyer and
a parenting coach?
350
00:14:25,080 --> 00:14:26,310
Wonderful!
351
00:14:26,840 --> 00:14:28,320
I'm also great at math.
352
00:14:28,360 --> 00:14:31,810
Your clients own assets north
of 50 million dollars.
353
00:14:31,820 --> 00:14:33,600
If you move forward with
this Mareva motion,
354
00:14:33,630 --> 00:14:35,219
we'll be filing a counter claim
355
00:14:35,220 --> 00:14:37,740
for at least five million
dollars in damages.
356
00:14:40,620 --> 00:14:42,060
It's good to meet you, Doug.
357
00:14:42,110 --> 00:14:44,900
- Mm.
- My best to Marcie.
358
00:14:49,540 --> 00:14:52,000
We're not really gonna
sue these people are we?
359
00:14:52,020 --> 00:14:54,900
I mean, I just-I just
want this to go away.
360
00:14:56,360 --> 00:14:57,420
We're good.
361
00:15:07,820 --> 00:15:08,980
Can I help you?
362
00:15:09,020 --> 00:15:11,320
Hi. I'm Marcie Diggs.
363
00:15:11,420 --> 00:15:12,650
I'm Kim Bond's lawyer.
364
00:15:12,720 --> 00:15:15,090
Right, I thought I told you
we didn't want to talk.
365
00:15:15,230 --> 00:15:18,300
And I thought I'd try
to change your mind.
366
00:15:22,240 --> 00:15:23,600
Well I hope you're a better talker
367
00:15:23,620 --> 00:15:24,959
than you are a listener.
368
00:15:24,960 --> 00:15:26,370
Come on.
369
00:15:27,500 --> 00:15:30,980
I appreciate you taking the
time to speak with me.
370
00:15:32,040 --> 00:15:35,400
Ona Reeves, Kim Bond's social worker,
371
00:15:35,500 --> 00:15:38,220
she mentioned that you and Mr. Pyke
372
00:15:38,240 --> 00:15:41,280
weren't interested in filing
a kinship application
373
00:15:41,300 --> 00:15:43,120
for custody of your grandson,
374
00:15:43,140 --> 00:15:48,090
and well, I guess I was
just curious as to why.
375
00:15:50,090 --> 00:15:51,260
Miss Diggs...
376
00:15:51,300 --> 00:15:53,359
Oh, Marcie, please.
377
00:15:53,360 --> 00:15:55,830
I think I might've been younger
than you when I had Clay.
378
00:15:55,870 --> 00:15:57,160
- You've met Clay.
- Yeah.
379
00:15:57,180 --> 00:15:58,830
He's on the spectrum.
380
00:15:58,870 --> 00:16:00,640
I mean, it's not a definite diagnosis,
381
00:16:00,660 --> 00:16:02,800
it's a little bit of this,
a little bit of that,
382
00:16:03,470 --> 00:16:06,370
and finding him the right
medication was hell,
383
00:16:06,410 --> 00:16:09,580
and that led to him
being a really hard...
384
00:16:09,700 --> 00:16:12,100
a really hard kid to parent.
385
00:16:13,180 --> 00:16:15,420
It brought our marriage to the brink
386
00:16:15,490 --> 00:16:16,740
and we didn't have any more kids
387
00:16:16,780 --> 00:16:18,819
because if we'd had to
parent another Clay,
388
00:16:18,820 --> 00:16:21,790
I think that we really would
have killed one another.
389
00:16:21,800 --> 00:16:23,330
He's been here less than a month
390
00:16:23,350 --> 00:16:25,920
and his room looks like a
bomb's been dropped in it.
391
00:16:26,700 --> 00:16:28,660
Clay is living here?
392
00:16:28,670 --> 00:16:31,470
Yeah, just until we can set
him up in another place.
393
00:16:32,480 --> 00:16:35,660
River is, he's your grandson.
394
00:16:36,270 --> 00:16:40,410
Are you okay knowing that
this really great kid,
395
00:16:40,450 --> 00:16:41,540
who's your blood,
396
00:16:41,580 --> 00:16:44,280
will be raised by strangers?
397
00:16:47,740 --> 00:16:49,200
A few years ago,
398
00:16:49,220 --> 00:16:51,340
I was diagnosed with ovarian cancer
399
00:16:51,890 --> 00:16:54,360
and I'm good, I mean, no we're good.
400
00:16:54,430 --> 00:16:58,700
But Kim and Clay are like
sunlight on an open sewer.
401
00:16:58,730 --> 00:17:00,040
It's just too much.
402
00:17:00,060 --> 00:17:02,360
I'm sorry, it breaks our heart,
403
00:17:02,380 --> 00:17:05,970
but we can't have that
young woman in our life.
404
00:17:15,820 --> 00:17:17,180
Mission accomplished.
405
00:17:17,220 --> 00:17:18,320
Hey, how'd it go?
406
00:17:18,340 --> 00:17:19,360
Threatened to sue them with defamation
407
00:17:19,380 --> 00:17:20,720
if they didn't back off.
408
00:17:20,850 --> 00:17:22,400
- Nice!
- Yeah.
409
00:17:22,420 --> 00:17:24,590
Caught 'em all by
surprise, including Lyle.
410
00:17:24,600 --> 00:17:27,580
Yeah, well, Lyle has a tendency
to move away from aggression,
411
00:17:27,590 --> 00:17:28,700
not towards it.
412
00:17:28,720 --> 00:17:29,740
I noticed that.
413
00:17:29,770 --> 00:17:30,860
Doesn't seem like your type.
414
00:17:30,880 --> 00:17:32,760
It's not like that.
415
00:17:33,020 --> 00:17:34,740
Lyle was my Manny.
416
00:17:35,670 --> 00:17:38,940
I was a bloody mess when I
first moved here to Halifax.
417
00:17:38,980 --> 00:17:41,740
When the end of my
marriage left me a wreck,
418
00:17:41,800 --> 00:17:44,010
and I had two kids to raise,
419
00:17:44,080 --> 00:17:46,440
Lyle helped put me back together.
420
00:17:47,140 --> 00:17:48,420
I owe him.
421
00:17:49,780 --> 00:17:51,000
Understood.
422
00:17:52,880 --> 00:17:54,120
Oh, I forgot.
423
00:17:56,200 --> 00:17:57,350
A counter motion to dismiss
424
00:17:57,360 --> 00:17:58,880
the Nolans' claim against Lyle.
425
00:18:10,700 --> 00:18:12,180
Uh, another rum and coke, sweetheart.
426
00:18:13,580 --> 00:18:15,260
I'm gonna get his number.
427
00:18:16,780 --> 00:18:18,510
Girl, you don't know how to have fun.
428
00:18:18,580 --> 00:18:20,260
I have fun.
429
00:18:20,780 --> 00:18:23,180
Anyway, to what do I owe this open bar?
430
00:18:24,160 --> 00:18:25,620
I met with the Pykes today.
431
00:18:25,650 --> 00:18:27,440
You kill me.
432
00:18:27,480 --> 00:18:28,800
They're perfect.
433
00:18:28,820 --> 00:18:30,019
They're not interested.
434
00:18:30,020 --> 00:18:31,820
Arrange one visit.
435
00:18:31,900 --> 00:18:34,090
One visit between River
and his grandparents.
436
00:18:34,100 --> 00:18:35,930
They're, they're great people.
437
00:18:36,680 --> 00:18:39,400
I guarantee you they will fall in love.
438
00:18:54,440 --> 00:18:55,910
- This is good.
- Yeah.
439
00:19:14,300 --> 00:19:15,320
Mmm.
440
00:19:15,630 --> 00:19:17,620
Okay, I'm trying to figure out
441
00:19:17,640 --> 00:19:20,380
how I could be with a man
442
00:19:20,410 --> 00:19:23,050
who gobbles up a plate of wings
443
00:19:23,080 --> 00:19:25,580
and doesn't even offer his lady one.
444
00:19:26,310 --> 00:19:28,210
Well you are looking at
this all wrong, right?
445
00:19:28,250 --> 00:19:29,280
I'm just saying.
446
00:19:29,310 --> 00:19:31,110
This here is salmonella city.
447
00:19:31,180 --> 00:19:34,020
No, I love you so much that
I'm taking the hit for you.
448
00:19:35,800 --> 00:19:37,460
We're using that word now?
449
00:19:41,380 --> 00:19:43,280
Just popped out.
450
00:19:43,660 --> 00:19:45,940
Well maybe pop it back in.
451
00:19:51,700 --> 00:19:53,170
Hey.
452
00:19:55,260 --> 00:19:57,380
I told you that I'm your lady, right?
453
00:20:18,300 --> 00:20:19,780
Yeah. Thanks.
454
00:20:27,200 --> 00:20:28,880
Big mouth.
455
00:20:29,940 --> 00:20:31,560
Katniss?
456
00:20:31,580 --> 00:20:33,479
Why would you tell Pam that?
457
00:20:33,480 --> 00:20:35,440
It was just a compliment.
458
00:20:35,450 --> 00:20:38,060
It means you're
tenacious, smart, feisty.
459
00:20:38,120 --> 00:20:39,650
Compliment?
460
00:20:39,720 --> 00:20:42,000
You knew that was just
some PC code for bitch,
461
00:20:42,040 --> 00:20:43,500
- 'cause I took care of business.
- Marcie.
462
00:20:43,520 --> 00:20:44,820
You and Pam want to have pillow talk
463
00:20:44,850 --> 00:20:46,120
that's your business,
464
00:20:46,140 --> 00:20:48,000
but you keep my name out of your mouth.
465
00:20:48,020 --> 00:20:50,230
Hey, listen, I just I didn't...
466
00:20:56,100 --> 00:20:57,440
Avery...
467
00:21:00,000 --> 00:21:01,080
Thank you.
468
00:21:16,880 --> 00:21:17,920
Marcie Diggs.
469
00:21:17,950 --> 00:21:19,900
- Marcie.
- I just wanna see him!
470
00:21:19,920 --> 00:21:20,990
Please!
471
00:21:21,010 --> 00:21:22,589
Clay said it was okay!
472
00:21:22,590 --> 00:21:24,320
- Kim is at the Pykes.
- It's okay, Dad.
473
00:21:24,340 --> 00:21:26,160
- Jesus.
- Clay, you said this was okay!
474
00:21:26,200 --> 00:21:27,360
- It is! Come on, Dad.
- Did you tell her
475
00:21:27,380 --> 00:21:28,380
about the meeting today?
476
00:21:28,400 --> 00:21:29,880
I want this to work, remember?
477
00:21:29,900 --> 00:21:30,970
She's not coming in here, Clay.
478
00:21:31,000 --> 00:21:32,499
Don't be a goof, Dad!
479
00:21:35,800 --> 00:21:36,960
Call the police, Cecilia.
480
00:21:37,000 --> 00:21:39,170
Why are you such a jerk, Dad?
481
00:21:39,240 --> 00:21:40,910
- I just wanna see him.
- It's okay, Dad.
482
00:21:40,950 --> 00:21:42,500
You need to come get her, now.
483
00:21:42,520 --> 00:21:43,700
I'm on my way.
484
00:21:44,880 --> 00:21:46,650
- Kim.
- River!
485
00:21:54,160 --> 00:21:56,120
So I got a whole list of gluten-free...
486
00:21:56,140 --> 00:21:57,580
No, Reggie, you can't just...
487
00:21:57,600 --> 00:21:59,130
Is that a pair of Wagners?
488
00:21:59,200 --> 00:22:00,200
Nice.
489
00:22:00,201 --> 00:22:02,060
Well if you don't want 'em.
490
00:22:02,100 --> 00:22:03,980
I'm late for a conference call.
491
00:22:08,280 --> 00:22:10,210
Oh.
492
00:22:13,110 --> 00:22:14,310
Thanks.
493
00:22:19,160 --> 00:22:20,350
Kim, what were you thinking?
494
00:22:20,380 --> 00:22:22,220
This was to get the Pykes to help us.
495
00:22:22,350 --> 00:22:25,380
Now you've ruined every chance we had...
496
00:22:25,390 --> 00:22:26,400
Take her.
497
00:22:26,420 --> 00:22:27,430
What happened?
498
00:22:27,450 --> 00:22:28,780
This is the emotionally unstable person
499
00:22:28,800 --> 00:22:29,820
you think should be entrusted
500
00:22:29,840 --> 00:22:31,430
with the care of a six month old infant.
501
00:22:31,500 --> 00:22:34,380
Clay said if I came over,
I could hold River.
502
00:22:35,600 --> 00:22:37,230
He said he'd let me.
503
00:22:38,000 --> 00:22:41,240
Why can't I just hold my baby, Marcie?
504
00:22:41,370 --> 00:22:43,320
I'd never hurt him.
505
00:22:44,440 --> 00:22:46,010
I know.
506
00:22:46,820 --> 00:22:49,080
I know you just want to see your boy.
507
00:22:51,980 --> 00:22:54,780
Kim, why don't you go
sit in my car, okay?
508
00:22:54,850 --> 00:22:55,920
I'll be right there.
509
00:22:56,050 --> 00:22:57,150
Okay.
510
00:22:59,570 --> 00:23:00,650
Just so you know,
511
00:23:00,680 --> 00:23:02,740
the judge is going to hear
about this little outburst.
512
00:23:02,750 --> 00:23:03,759
Where's River now?
513
00:23:03,760 --> 00:23:05,090
He's with his grandparents.
514
00:23:05,960 --> 00:23:07,060
So it's going well?
515
00:23:08,200 --> 00:23:10,000
You don't stop, do you?
516
00:23:20,540 --> 00:23:24,080
Hi, hey, hello.
517
00:23:24,100 --> 00:23:26,070
You check off the type of
Legal Aid you're looking for
518
00:23:26,080 --> 00:23:27,960
and then we're actually gonna
have to get some expenses
519
00:23:27,980 --> 00:23:29,199
and your deductions there,
520
00:23:29,200 --> 00:23:30,210
and if you have any questions...
521
00:23:30,220 --> 00:23:32,290
Iris, can you get Colleen for me?
522
00:23:32,320 --> 00:23:34,120
- And then you're...
- Iris?
523
00:23:34,200 --> 00:23:35,890
Pick up the phone, call Colleen,
524
00:23:35,930 --> 00:23:37,200
tell her I want to see her now.
525
00:23:37,420 --> 00:23:39,200
Excuse me for a second, Miss Taylor.
526
00:23:39,240 --> 00:23:40,900
Just bring it back when you're done.
527
00:23:44,600 --> 00:23:47,440
Colleen is attending a
meeting at the Bar Society.
528
00:23:48,510 --> 00:23:49,940
When will she be back?
529
00:23:50,070 --> 00:23:51,660
When the meeting's over, I suppose.
530
00:23:52,080 --> 00:23:53,209
Are you being fresh?
531
00:23:53,210 --> 00:23:54,380
Excuse me?
532
00:23:54,780 --> 00:23:56,010
Gregor.
533
00:23:56,610 --> 00:23:57,750
I need a word.
534
00:23:57,770 --> 00:23:58,810
Is there a problem?
535
00:23:58,820 --> 00:24:00,630
Why is the Minister
of Justice calling me
536
00:24:00,640 --> 00:24:03,030
giving me shit because one
of our lawyers is harassing
537
00:24:03,060 --> 00:24:05,120
one of the government's
chief policy advisers?
538
00:24:05,480 --> 00:24:07,040
I don't know what you're talking about.
539
00:24:07,060 --> 00:24:09,459
Elsie Nolan and her husband.
540
00:24:09,460 --> 00:24:10,860
Look, why don't-why don't
we go into my office...
541
00:24:10,900 --> 00:24:12,059
Let me be very clear.
542
00:24:12,060 --> 00:24:14,399
You are under contract
to Halifax Legal Aid.
543
00:24:14,400 --> 00:24:16,960
You do not do favours for friends, okay?
544
00:24:17,000 --> 00:24:19,480
So this mess you're involved in,
545
00:24:19,520 --> 00:24:20,740
clean it up.
546
00:24:21,920 --> 00:24:24,360
Sure, um, there's a motion
tomorrow morning...
547
00:24:24,380 --> 00:24:25,662
No, no, no, no, no,
548
00:24:25,663 --> 00:24:26,800
you're not hearing me.
549
00:24:27,080 --> 00:24:28,800
You're to tell your friend
550
00:24:28,820 --> 00:24:32,000
you're no longer his
counsel as of today.
551
00:24:33,100 --> 00:24:35,250
I'm not gonna do that, Gregor.
552
00:24:35,390 --> 00:24:37,020
You don't want to fight
me on this, Colleen.
553
00:24:37,060 --> 00:24:38,850
You gonna fire me?
554
00:24:39,600 --> 00:24:41,090
Good luck.
555
00:24:41,120 --> 00:24:42,490
I don't report to you.
556
00:24:42,560 --> 00:24:45,100
I report to the board, and
you're only one vote.
557
00:24:45,680 --> 00:24:49,000
I think you believe you're
more popular than you are.
558
00:24:49,670 --> 00:24:51,700
You think for one second
if I put someone else
559
00:24:51,720 --> 00:24:53,800
in that seat of yours that
one member of that board
560
00:24:53,820 --> 00:24:56,320
is gonna so much as
sigh in your defence?
561
00:24:57,140 --> 00:24:58,340
Fix it.
562
00:25:00,480 --> 00:25:01,840
Excuse me.
563
00:25:08,080 --> 00:25:10,620
- Oh, Colleen...
- Not now, Lyle.
564
00:25:21,280 --> 00:25:23,280
I just got off the phone with Ona.
565
00:25:23,310 --> 00:25:25,420
She said Kim showed up
at the Pykes' house.
566
00:25:25,500 --> 00:25:27,770
Not sure why she'd be
discussing that with you.
567
00:25:27,810 --> 00:25:29,540
She said it was a disaster.
568
00:25:29,600 --> 00:25:30,810
Not my take-away.
569
00:25:30,940 --> 00:25:32,240
Do you think the paternal grandparents
570
00:25:32,260 --> 00:25:33,800
are still on the table?
571
00:25:34,480 --> 00:25:37,740
Pam, I'm gonna have my lunch.
572
00:25:39,480 --> 00:25:41,420
Do you still think Kim
can self-regulate enough
573
00:25:41,480 --> 00:25:42,640
to raise this child?
574
00:25:42,680 --> 00:25:44,890
With the right meds, yeah.
575
00:25:44,950 --> 00:25:46,990
Did she really throw a
rock through their window?
576
00:25:47,020 --> 00:25:48,760
She's human, Pam.
577
00:25:48,790 --> 00:25:50,200
What's your point?
578
00:25:50,690 --> 00:25:52,300
Adoption's open, here.
579
00:25:52,460 --> 00:25:55,260
Maybe that would be the best
option for Kim and her baby.
580
00:25:55,300 --> 00:25:57,140
Pam, I've got this.
581
00:25:57,900 --> 00:25:59,740
Please, I've got this!
582
00:26:02,010 --> 00:26:03,170
God.
583
00:26:09,910 --> 00:26:11,760
What is your problem?
584
00:26:12,480 --> 00:26:13,700
Pardon me?
585
00:26:13,740 --> 00:26:15,520
I don't know, you seem to have a...
586
00:26:15,550 --> 00:26:17,919
a problem with me.
587
00:26:17,920 --> 00:26:19,280
I don't know why, I...
588
00:26:19,310 --> 00:26:21,239
I want to be your friend and
I keep trying and you...
589
00:26:21,240 --> 00:26:23,840
Well, maybe I don't
need any new friends.
590
00:26:25,640 --> 00:26:27,320
You're an asshole.
591
00:26:27,700 --> 00:26:29,850
You know why I keep blocking you?
592
00:26:30,620 --> 00:26:32,330
'Cause you're never real.
593
00:26:32,340 --> 00:26:35,100
You're in here fronting
with your vintage clothes,
594
00:26:35,120 --> 00:26:36,980
and your No Name pop,
595
00:26:37,000 --> 00:26:40,020
and you hang out at the Port
like you're some local pleb
596
00:26:40,040 --> 00:26:42,480
when that couldn't be
further from the truth.
597
00:26:43,600 --> 00:26:46,620
At least I'm interested in
engaging with the world,
598
00:26:46,680 --> 00:26:49,680
and not burying myself in the
mess of other people's lives
599
00:26:49,700 --> 00:26:51,940
to avoid dealing with my own.
600
00:26:52,390 --> 00:26:53,590
I'm frontin'?
601
00:26:54,560 --> 00:26:55,720
Okay.
602
00:26:56,500 --> 00:26:58,490
Look in the mirror.
603
00:27:09,040 --> 00:27:10,680
Iris, I'm on lunch.
604
00:27:12,540 --> 00:27:13,740
Really?
605
00:27:17,960 --> 00:27:20,050
I'm so glad you came in.
606
00:27:20,080 --> 00:27:21,450
I hope this is good news.
607
00:27:21,490 --> 00:27:22,850
We think it is.
608
00:27:22,920 --> 00:27:24,840
We talked to our lawyer
609
00:27:24,860 --> 00:27:26,120
and she said we were a bit late...
610
00:27:26,170 --> 00:27:28,300
You're right though,
we're River's family
611
00:27:28,320 --> 00:27:31,230
and we want to make
sure he remains family.
612
00:27:31,260 --> 00:27:32,859
Great, this is,
613
00:27:32,860 --> 00:27:34,020
this is great to hear.
614
00:27:34,040 --> 00:27:37,460
So you're gonna go ahead and
file a kinship application.
615
00:27:37,500 --> 00:27:39,890
No, I think you misunderstood.
616
00:27:39,940 --> 00:27:42,020
We're going to petition to adopt River.
617
00:27:42,050 --> 00:27:44,490
We simply wanted to know
if you would talk to Kim
618
00:27:44,540 --> 00:27:46,640
to ask her not to fight us.
619
00:27:47,080 --> 00:27:49,809
We have a house on
Long Point in Ontario.
620
00:27:49,810 --> 00:27:52,400
I'm thinking it's not a bad
place to raise a little boy.
621
00:27:53,720 --> 00:27:55,440
So you're just gonna take her kid?
622
00:27:57,960 --> 00:28:01,420
I think it's better for River
if he's raised by his family
623
00:28:01,440 --> 00:28:03,520
rather than the alternative, isn't it?
624
00:28:07,340 --> 00:28:08,800
Let's go.
625
00:28:13,440 --> 00:28:15,400
This was a mistake.
626
00:28:15,440 --> 00:28:16,940
She doesn't get it.
627
00:28:36,800 --> 00:28:40,330
The Pykes have asked
that you not contest
628
00:28:40,360 --> 00:28:41,729
their adoption of River.
629
00:28:41,730 --> 00:28:42,900
No.
630
00:28:43,000 --> 00:28:44,760
I won't agree to this.
631
00:28:45,070 --> 00:28:47,450
I mean, how fair is it Clay
will get to see him grow up
632
00:28:47,460 --> 00:28:48,620
and not me?
633
00:28:49,040 --> 00:28:50,470
It's not fair.
634
00:28:51,020 --> 00:28:52,510
I know, Kim.
635
00:28:53,510 --> 00:28:54,710
I hate this.
636
00:28:56,650 --> 00:28:58,810
But three months from now,
637
00:28:58,880 --> 00:29:00,080
a year from now,
638
00:29:00,100 --> 00:29:02,380
the Pykes' feelings
about you could soften
639
00:29:02,400 --> 00:29:06,619
and you may have a chance
to be part of River's life.
640
00:29:06,620 --> 00:29:09,460
And with the Pykes you'll
know that River's safe.
641
00:29:11,280 --> 00:29:13,160
If you go through with this hearing,
642
00:29:13,230 --> 00:29:16,100
it's likely that you will
never see your son again
643
00:29:16,120 --> 00:29:19,280
until he's old enough to
come looking for you.
644
00:29:19,360 --> 00:29:21,340
Maybe the judge will see it my way.
645
00:29:22,740 --> 00:29:24,060
Maybe, but...
646
00:29:24,100 --> 00:29:25,840
You don't get it.
647
00:29:25,980 --> 00:29:27,910
It'll kill me,
648
00:29:27,980 --> 00:29:29,979
knowing he's with them.
649
00:29:29,980 --> 00:29:32,380
I can't see him or hold him?
650
00:29:32,580 --> 00:29:34,240
I will die.
651
00:29:35,300 --> 00:29:39,060
If he's with a stranger, somehow,
652
00:29:39,100 --> 00:29:42,539
it'll be easier to pretend
River doesn't exist.
653
00:29:42,540 --> 00:29:46,780
Hard but easier, you know?
654
00:29:54,780 --> 00:29:55,800
Hey.
655
00:29:56,140 --> 00:29:57,440
What are you doing here?
656
00:29:57,470 --> 00:29:58,899
Well you weren't home and
I remembered how much
657
00:29:58,900 --> 00:30:01,140
you like your Friday
morning massages, so.
658
00:30:01,210 --> 00:30:03,250
Well remind me to be less predictable.
659
00:30:04,080 --> 00:30:06,100
I don't want you to come to
the meeting this morning.
660
00:30:06,500 --> 00:30:09,600
I'll-I'll handle things with
the Nolans from here on.
661
00:30:09,620 --> 00:30:11,820
What did you get a law degree overnight?
662
00:30:11,850 --> 00:30:13,800
Let me go get myself
together and we can...
663
00:30:13,820 --> 00:30:14,960
No, no, no, listen.
664
00:30:14,990 --> 00:30:17,960
I got myself into this mess and
I can get myself out of it.
665
00:30:18,000 --> 00:30:19,900
Look, Colleen, if I'd known what
a problem this was gonna be,
666
00:30:19,920 --> 00:30:21,320
- I never would have...
- Lyle,
667
00:30:21,340 --> 00:30:24,300
I spent eight years reinventing
myself and my career
668
00:30:24,340 --> 00:30:26,470
and you more than anybody
else other than my kids
669
00:30:26,500 --> 00:30:27,800
knows how tough that was for me.
670
00:30:28,740 --> 00:30:30,240
Listen, you're my friend
671
00:30:30,260 --> 00:30:32,780
and if helping you means
going back to square one,
672
00:30:32,800 --> 00:30:33,840
then so be it.
673
00:30:35,580 --> 00:30:37,210
I'm gonna go take a shower.
674
00:30:37,620 --> 00:30:39,080
I'll see you soon.
675
00:30:42,420 --> 00:30:45,460
Your Honour, it is my
submission that my client,
676
00:30:45,480 --> 00:30:49,740
Miss Bond, can with
appropriate ongoing supports
677
00:30:49,760 --> 00:30:53,440
like treatment related
to her FASD diagnosis,
678
00:30:53,470 --> 00:30:54,500
parenting education,
679
00:30:54,520 --> 00:30:57,670
regular home visits from
healthcare professionals,
680
00:30:57,800 --> 00:31:00,360
can successfully raise her son River
681
00:31:00,400 --> 00:31:02,860
who is the subject of today's hearing.
682
00:31:03,740 --> 00:31:05,140
That's it counsel?
683
00:31:05,160 --> 00:31:07,100
That's our submission, Your Honour.
684
00:31:07,120 --> 00:31:08,220
Your Honour,
685
00:31:08,240 --> 00:31:09,839
at this time we'd like to move forward
686
00:31:09,840 --> 00:31:11,240
with a Permanent Care Hearing
687
00:31:11,260 --> 00:31:13,410
with respect to the infant child.
688
00:31:13,500 --> 00:31:14,620
Miss Bond?
689
00:31:18,980 --> 00:31:20,180
Yes, Your Honour?
690
00:31:20,200 --> 00:31:22,019
Miss Bond, has your lawyer explained
691
00:31:22,020 --> 00:31:23,580
what a Permanent Care Hearing is?
692
00:31:23,620 --> 00:31:24,800
Yes, Your Honour.
693
00:31:24,820 --> 00:31:27,030
And at this time do you
wish to relinquish
694
00:31:27,050 --> 00:31:29,420
your parental rights to the minor child?
695
00:31:29,440 --> 00:31:31,520
My baby's name is River, Your Honour.
696
00:31:32,600 --> 00:31:34,170
River.
697
00:31:34,560 --> 00:31:37,700
No, I don't want to give him up.
698
00:31:37,840 --> 00:31:39,960
Thank you, Miss Bond.
699
00:31:40,540 --> 00:31:43,079
Your Honour, it has
come to our attention
700
00:31:43,080 --> 00:31:45,570
that River's paternal grandparents
701
00:31:45,580 --> 00:31:47,980
would like to make an
application for custody.
702
00:31:48,000 --> 00:31:50,989
Therefore, I'd like to move
that this hearing be adjourned.
703
00:31:50,990 --> 00:31:52,390
Objection, Your Honour.
704
00:31:52,420 --> 00:31:53,760
Counsel, come.
705
00:31:57,420 --> 00:31:58,890
I don't understand this.
706
00:31:58,930 --> 00:32:01,100
You'd rather the child be
placed in permanent care
707
00:32:01,120 --> 00:32:02,260
than with his grandparents?
708
00:32:02,330 --> 00:32:04,200
We'd rather Miss Bond's son
709
00:32:04,220 --> 00:32:06,470
be returned to his mother's custody.
710
00:32:06,600 --> 00:32:09,350
Your Honour, the Pykes
intend to move to Ontario
711
00:32:09,380 --> 00:32:12,670
to dedicate themselves full-time
to raising their grandson.
712
00:32:12,740 --> 00:32:14,080
They have the means to...
713
00:32:14,100 --> 00:32:17,749
So, being poor makes you a poor parent?
714
00:32:17,750 --> 00:32:19,500
Without the appropriate hearing...
715
00:32:19,520 --> 00:32:22,020
I think Ms. Reeve's
point is this hearing
716
00:32:22,050 --> 00:32:23,800
is not the appropriate venue anymore,
717
00:32:23,820 --> 00:32:25,939
given we have an application
for custody, step back.
718
00:32:25,940 --> 00:32:27,520
It's not in the child's best interest
719
00:32:27,540 --> 00:32:31,140
to be raised by folks who
don't see the inherent value
720
00:32:31,180 --> 00:32:33,760
of a mother and a child's bond.
721
00:32:33,780 --> 00:32:35,430
I have your point on that, Miss Diggs.
722
00:32:35,440 --> 00:32:37,400
- Step back.
- This is insane, Your Honour.
723
00:32:37,420 --> 00:32:39,100
Watch yourself, Miss Diggs.
724
00:32:39,140 --> 00:32:41,300
My client is facing
the loss of her child
725
00:32:41,340 --> 00:32:42,740
because she went out to get diapers
726
00:32:42,770 --> 00:32:44,170
and milk at the corner store.
727
00:32:44,180 --> 00:32:45,359
Miss Diggs is grossly un...
728
00:32:45,360 --> 00:32:47,700
She did not leave River alone,
729
00:32:47,720 --> 00:32:49,320
she didn't leave River
with some stranger.
730
00:32:49,340 --> 00:32:51,880
She left her baby boy with the father.
731
00:32:51,950 --> 00:32:53,619
She did the right thing,
732
00:32:53,620 --> 00:32:55,280
but because she's poor,
733
00:32:55,290 --> 00:32:56,960
because she lives in social housing,
734
00:32:56,980 --> 00:33:01,280
because her challenges
put her in CFS's radar,
735
00:33:01,300 --> 00:33:02,340
her choice,
736
00:33:02,360 --> 00:33:05,540
the same choice that mothers
make every single day,
737
00:33:05,920 --> 00:33:08,520
may cost Kim her child. This is wrong!
738
00:33:08,530 --> 00:33:10,920
Step back!
739
00:33:22,150 --> 00:33:23,840
We appreciate a Mareva injunction
740
00:33:23,860 --> 00:33:26,470
is an extraordinary measure
for a situation like this,
741
00:33:26,500 --> 00:33:29,100
but we believe Mr. Kavanaugh
could very likely liquidate
742
00:33:29,120 --> 00:33:30,130
the assets of his business
743
00:33:30,150 --> 00:33:31,840
prior to the resolution
of my clients' claim.
744
00:33:31,850 --> 00:33:32,859
Your Honour,
745
00:33:32,860 --> 00:33:35,060
the assets in question
are old gardening tools,
746
00:33:35,090 --> 00:33:37,840
lawnmowers, and three 10
year old Ford pickup trucks.
747
00:33:37,890 --> 00:33:39,680
Assets with no real commercial value,
748
00:33:39,760 --> 00:33:42,460
thus the recovery of damages
would not be impacted
749
00:33:42,480 --> 00:33:44,369
if the assets were not preserved.
750
00:33:44,370 --> 00:33:46,740
And don't even get me started
on the applicants' case,
751
00:33:46,760 --> 00:33:47,899
meaning there is none.
752
00:33:47,900 --> 00:33:50,180
I don't think a determination
needs to be made here.
753
00:33:50,310 --> 00:33:52,600
I don't think Ms.
MacDonnell is asking me
754
00:33:52,620 --> 00:33:55,120
to make a determination,
but simply pointing out,
755
00:33:55,140 --> 00:33:56,740
as part of the Mareva test,
756
00:33:56,750 --> 00:33:58,950
that the strength of your client's case
757
00:33:58,960 --> 00:34:00,050
is a consideration.
758
00:34:00,090 --> 00:34:02,000
Actually, we are asking, Your Honour,
759
00:34:02,020 --> 00:34:04,019
to dismiss the Nolans' negligence claim.
760
00:34:04,020 --> 00:34:05,540
There are major issues.
761
00:34:05,580 --> 00:34:07,950
Standing, the Nolans'
son was not a minor
762
00:34:07,960 --> 00:34:09,460
when these incidents occurred,
763
00:34:09,480 --> 00:34:11,500
so the parents have no
legal cause of action
764
00:34:11,520 --> 00:34:12,790
against my client.
765
00:34:12,860 --> 00:34:14,360
Ms. Cox knows this.
766
00:34:14,400 --> 00:34:15,630
The employment relationship,
767
00:34:15,640 --> 00:34:17,740
meaning the contract
signed by the Nolans' son
768
00:34:17,760 --> 00:34:20,130
clearly states that he was
an independent contractor,
769
00:34:20,140 --> 00:34:21,360
not an employee,
770
00:34:21,390 --> 00:34:24,160
thus the vicarious liability
argument is inherently faulty.
771
00:34:24,170 --> 00:34:25,199
Also...
772
00:34:25,200 --> 00:34:27,800
I think you've made your
point, Ms. MacDonnell.
773
00:34:28,880 --> 00:34:31,049
I think we're done here.
774
00:34:31,050 --> 00:34:33,549
Are you sure, Your Honour?
I can keep going.
775
00:34:41,440 --> 00:34:43,020
I have considered the arguments
776
00:34:43,060 --> 00:34:45,690
of all parties involved in this matter.
777
00:34:45,700 --> 00:34:46,720
As much as possible,
778
00:34:46,740 --> 00:34:49,600
I've tried to sift through
the emotion of this case.
779
00:34:49,640 --> 00:34:51,640
Kim, you have to say something.
780
00:34:51,670 --> 00:34:53,600
You cannot leave this courtroom
781
00:34:53,620 --> 00:34:55,440
without them hearing your voice.
782
00:34:55,500 --> 00:34:58,520
Best interest of the child
is the guiding light
783
00:34:58,550 --> 00:35:00,920
in any child custody matter.
784
00:35:02,720 --> 00:35:04,140
Miss Diggs?
785
00:35:06,520 --> 00:35:08,800
I would like to say something please,
786
00:35:08,860 --> 00:35:10,720
Your Honour.
787
00:35:13,440 --> 00:35:16,160
I know I can be a good mother.
788
00:35:16,840 --> 00:35:22,130
Or what I think a good
mother is, anyway.
789
00:35:22,200 --> 00:35:25,560
Like when River's hungry, I feed him.
790
00:35:25,580 --> 00:35:29,040
When he cries, I hold him, comfort him.
791
00:35:30,980 --> 00:35:33,680
I'm taking parenting classes
and being really good
792
00:35:33,700 --> 00:35:35,880
about my medicine and...
793
00:35:36,010 --> 00:35:37,510
I know Miss Reeves and the Pykes
794
00:35:37,540 --> 00:35:39,560
think River's not safe with me,
795
00:35:40,120 --> 00:35:42,920
that I'm not good enough,
796
00:35:43,540 --> 00:35:45,150
but I promise
797
00:35:45,290 --> 00:35:48,090
if you let me have my baby back,
798
00:35:48,160 --> 00:35:49,790
I'll be good enough.
799
00:35:50,960 --> 00:35:52,690
I'll be good enough.
800
00:36:03,310 --> 00:36:05,370
There is no doubt in my mind
801
00:36:05,440 --> 00:36:07,760
Miss Bond would do everything possible
802
00:36:07,780 --> 00:36:09,310
to raise her son River
803
00:36:09,350 --> 00:36:12,440
in a safe and stable environment.
804
00:36:12,460 --> 00:36:14,850
However, as the child matures,
805
00:36:14,860 --> 00:36:15,879
the court is concerned
806
00:36:15,880 --> 00:36:17,600
Miss Bond's cognitive limitations
807
00:36:17,620 --> 00:36:20,659
would make her ability to
provide such an environment
808
00:36:20,660 --> 00:36:21,990
near impossible.
809
00:36:23,390 --> 00:36:26,400
Miss Bond's petition
for custody is denied.
810
00:36:26,620 --> 00:36:28,999
The paternal grandparents
have applied for custody.
811
00:36:29,000 --> 00:36:30,960
There is no need to move forward
812
00:36:30,990 --> 00:36:32,620
with a Permanent Care Hearing.
813
00:36:33,270 --> 00:36:34,860
This proceeding is at an end.
814
00:36:34,880 --> 00:36:36,140
Your Honour,
815
00:36:36,170 --> 00:36:39,120
until the custody application
of the Pykes is final,
816
00:36:39,140 --> 00:36:42,640
we ask that Miss Bond
has access to her son.
817
00:36:46,380 --> 00:36:50,379
Your Honour, the Pykes will
allow supervised visitation
818
00:36:50,380 --> 00:36:52,380
through an intermediary until such time
819
00:36:52,400 --> 00:36:55,490
as their application
for custody is final.
820
00:36:56,690 --> 00:36:59,420
Good, we're adjourned.
821
00:36:59,440 --> 00:37:01,640
- All rise.
- Oh, thank you.
822
00:37:01,720 --> 00:37:03,400
I'll get to see River.
823
00:37:05,240 --> 00:37:07,520
Yes, we will talk to Ona
824
00:37:07,540 --> 00:37:09,160
about making that happen right away.
825
00:38:00,600 --> 00:38:02,980
- Hello?
- Marcie.
826
00:38:04,760 --> 00:38:06,160
Kim, I'm, uh,
827
00:38:06,200 --> 00:38:07,960
I'm sorry about what happened.
828
00:38:08,030 --> 00:38:10,679
Marcie, I just wanted to thank you.
829
00:38:10,680 --> 00:38:12,920
I didn't get to do that today.
830
00:38:13,160 --> 00:38:16,039
No one's ever talked about me like that,
831
00:38:16,040 --> 00:38:18,140
and I wanted you to know.
832
00:38:18,900 --> 00:38:20,170
Thank you.
833
00:38:47,020 --> 00:38:48,670
What do you mean it's not there?
834
00:38:48,740 --> 00:38:50,200
It's a 50 foot boat,
835
00:38:50,220 --> 00:38:52,410
it doesn't just disappear.
836
00:38:52,440 --> 00:38:53,820
Woman, what woman?
837
00:38:53,840 --> 00:38:57,400
_
838
00:39:02,520 --> 00:39:03,780
Eleanor.
839
00:39:06,360 --> 00:39:08,220
Your-your weekend?
840
00:39:08,260 --> 00:39:10,750
You know this is when
I take our office out
841
00:39:10,770 --> 00:39:12,240
on our annual cruise.
842
00:39:13,600 --> 00:39:15,500
Stop saying it's your weekend.
843
00:39:15,530 --> 00:39:17,030
Bring her back in!
844
00:39:18,700 --> 00:39:20,540
Hello, hello?
845
00:39:31,280 --> 00:39:34,700
How about a barbecue, at my place?
846
00:39:34,720 --> 00:39:36,320
We can do it at my place
847
00:39:36,340 --> 00:39:39,480
Well you sure you want the
unwashed masses in your palace?
848
00:39:39,500 --> 00:39:42,620
Well, when you put it like that, no,
849
00:39:42,700 --> 00:39:45,600
but let's do it anyway.
850
00:39:54,860 --> 00:39:57,370
_
851
00:40:06,880 --> 00:40:08,550
Hello, Gregor.
852
00:40:13,000 --> 00:40:14,880
This is a hell of a view.
853
00:40:14,900 --> 00:40:16,890
Do you need a roommate?
854
00:40:18,660 --> 00:40:20,660
This is quite the place.
855
00:40:24,800 --> 00:40:26,940
You don't seem too enthused.
856
00:40:28,000 --> 00:40:30,740
I'm living in one of my parents' houses.
857
00:40:30,800 --> 00:40:32,399
When we go on family vacation,
858
00:40:32,400 --> 00:40:33,740
they pay the full shot.
859
00:40:34,620 --> 00:40:37,880
My dad just bought me a
pair of $2,000 skis.
860
00:40:37,940 --> 00:40:39,850
It's embarrassing.
861
00:40:39,980 --> 00:40:41,660
I want for nothing and yet
862
00:40:41,680 --> 00:40:45,260
every day I am defending people
who want for everything.
863
00:40:46,980 --> 00:40:48,420
Rent your own place,
864
00:40:48,440 --> 00:40:50,500
pay your own airfare,
865
00:40:50,760 --> 00:40:52,520
and return the skis.
866
00:40:53,600 --> 00:40:55,130
But I like this.
867
00:40:55,140 --> 00:40:56,620
Then be okay with it,
868
00:40:56,650 --> 00:40:59,640
because the only one who
cares about it is you.
869
00:41:05,760 --> 00:41:07,760
Play something on that phone of yours.
870
00:41:13,260 --> 00:41:15,379
Oh, I like this.
871
00:41:15,380 --> 00:41:17,380
This is...
872
00:41:17,890 --> 00:41:19,800
How'd it go with Lyle today?
873
00:41:19,860 --> 00:41:21,120
Aced it.
874
00:41:21,140 --> 00:41:22,340
Did you talk to Gregor?
875
00:41:22,360 --> 00:41:23,860
Don't ruin this cab for me.
876
00:41:25,360 --> 00:41:26,930
- Cheers.
- Cheers.
877
00:41:42,920 --> 00:41:45,540
Colleen sprang for cab
chits for everyone.
878
00:41:46,520 --> 00:41:47,780
Good.
879
00:41:48,020 --> 00:41:49,950
It's been that kind of day.
880
00:41:50,640 --> 00:41:52,150
Thank you.
881
00:41:54,140 --> 00:41:55,840
Saw you in court today.
882
00:42:01,130 --> 00:42:02,860
The system's FUBAR'd.
883
00:42:03,840 --> 00:42:05,170
Yep.
884
00:42:06,320 --> 00:42:10,200
But I want to remember this though.
885
00:42:11,210 --> 00:42:13,040
I want to feel this.
886
00:42:13,840 --> 00:42:18,530
And then on Monday I am
going to work like hell
887
00:42:18,550 --> 00:42:21,850
to make certain I don't feel this again.
888
00:42:24,140 --> 00:42:26,100
- Cheers.
- Cheers.
889
00:42:27,480 --> 00:42:30,080
I like it, I like it. We should...
890
00:42:31,350 --> 00:42:33,190
Oh, sorry.
891
00:42:36,180 --> 00:42:37,240
Tessa?
892
00:42:37,250 --> 00:42:38,980
Your ears must be burning.
893
00:42:39,100 --> 00:42:42,639
A few of the partners and
I are having some drinks,
894
00:42:42,640 --> 00:42:45,160
and your name came up.
895
00:42:46,160 --> 00:42:47,960
How about coming home?
896
00:42:48,060 --> 00:42:49,540
Excuse me?
897
00:42:49,560 --> 00:42:50,880
We want you back
898
00:42:50,900 --> 00:42:53,620
at M&M, where you belong.
899
00:42:53,630 --> 00:42:55,120
And this red pen.
900
00:42:55,180 --> 00:42:58,180
No, no, no, if it's not
on the counter already,
901
00:42:58,200 --> 00:42:59,939
- it's not on offer.
- Oh, come on.
902
00:42:59,940 --> 00:43:01,340
Just the Chateau Palmer.
903
00:43:01,360 --> 00:43:03,990
- Yeah, get the opener.
- No, put it back!
904
00:43:04,130 --> 00:43:06,020
Marcie?
905
00:43:06,340 --> 00:43:12,120
Tessa, thank you, but, uh, I'm good.
906
00:43:14,350 --> 00:43:19,350
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