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Sixteen visits. Six supervisors. Every observer reports the same thing: Steve is attentive, Evie is happy. The supervisors keep changing. The court declines to read a favorable report. The visits stop for five months. The court grants sole custody anyway.
During Visit 15, Steve and two other adults discover bruises on Evie consistent with deliberate injury. Both parents report the bruises as concerning. Tara tells the Attorney for the Child. Steve tells his attorneys, and then the police. Within ten days, the story migrates three times — from concerning to normal to "utterly untrue" — and the court accepts the final version. Months later, Tara's own attorney recuses from the case.