Court Reverses Father's Punishment

[MystyGlyttyr]

it tells us mysty....she took a court appointed lawyer.

I know, I saw that, but...I mean...the court just GAVE her one?

I...

I can't properly vocalize the problems I've having with figuring this out. I quit. LOL

Edit: It still doesn't make sense to me after reading PG's post. I just refuse to comprehend that there exist people so selfish/stupid/immature that such a situation would come to be. Allowing myself to acknowledge that would remove the last reason I have to resist giving in to the dark side...