Peter Kelly (![[info]](https://www.insanejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} nylonghorn) wrote in ![[info]](https://www.insanejournal.com/img/community.gif){kind=small} bellumlogs, |
"Derek I'm going to be completely honest with you here. If she was married when he was born, especially if she's still married, and her husband is on the birth certificate and her husband is Arthur Worthington, this isn't going to be easy," he said frankly.
"And when you say he isn't a good guy, what exactly do you mean? I get that she was hiding from him, and it's alright if you don't have all the information; but as far as the laws of the state of New York are concerned what we have here is a case of this woman abandoning her child with a stranger and a biological father who you say isn't a good guy, but the majority of the world is going to see someone more than capable of taking care of what is, essentially, his kidnapped child." He was speaking upfront and honestly about what he saw as a very tricky situation. He did hate delivering bad news, but at the same time he needed to find out what direction to move this conversation in before he could help.
"So I'm asking you, what do you want to accomplish? Do you want to try and fight for custody of Milo? Do you want to take him to the department of child services and say his Mother dropped him with you and you don't know who is Father is or where she is? Do you want to carry on like you have been shut up in the apartment hoping no one finds out? I want to help you, I don't want to see a kid getting hurt because grown people can't get their shit together. I appreciate the situation you've found yourself in, and I know it isn't ideal, but do you want to parent this child? Honestly?"