they could then petition the court and it would consider parenting plans.

The father could not bear life without his child, he immediately quit meth and became clean and sober. Test after test revealed the same, dad was clean and sober but unfortunately, the mother was unable to quit her drug habit and it was apparent to all without even testing her, that she was still at least using meth.

In that the father had proven he was clean and sober, working and had a stable environment he petitioned the court and was granted full custody of his then 4-year-old child. The child was, of course, happy to be back with his father who showered his son with unconditional love.

However, even though the mother was not clean and was stilladdicted to meth, the court allowed her, at the continued behest of her attorney, supervised parenting time of several hours every Sunday. Again, I concur, this was a fair ruling with the hope that the mother would see the error of her ways, quit drugs and work towards a shared parenting plan with the father.

Unfortunately, after several months of supervised parenting, the mother was still unable to and/or unwilling to quit using drugs. However, the mother did have an attorney and the attorney did successfully petition the court to allow the mother the ability to have overnight parenting time with her child.

On the very first overnight, the now 5-year-old boy woke up from his sleep on his mother’s family sofa. He was scared and did not know where