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Objection, Your Honour.
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The report is irrelevant
and not binding on the respondent.
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Overruled.
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Can you tell the court why
you are asking for custody?
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Because he's my child...
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...and because I love him.
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I know I left my son.
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I know that
that's a terrible thing to do.
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Believe me, I have to live with that
every day of my life.
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But in order to leave him...
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...l had to believe it was
the only thing I could do...
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...and that it was
the best thing for him.
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I was incapable of functioning
in that home.
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And I didn't know...
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...what the alternative was...
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...so I thought it was not best
that I take him with me.
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However, I have since
gotten some help...
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...and I have worked very, very hard
to become a whole human being.
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I don't think I should be
punished for that.
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I don't think my little boy
should be punished.
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Billy's only 7 years old.
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He needs me.
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I'm not saying he doesn't
need his father...
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...but I really believe
he needs me more.
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I was his mommy
for five and a half years...
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...and Ted took over that role
for 1 8 months.
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But I don't know how anybody
can possibly believe...
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...that I have less of a stake
in mothering that little boy...
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...than Mr. Kramer does.
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I'm his mother.
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I'm his mother.