Chapter 23 - THE LAST COURT REVIEW
Three months of supervised visitation completed.
No major violations.
Mother asked for unsupervised day visits.
Child specialist recommended:
Not yet full-day.
Start one-hour community visits with nearby supervision.
Why?
Progress good.
But Mother still showed occasional tendency to frame family decisions as adult authority over Lowri’s feelings.
She needed more practice.
Mother objected.
Then stopped herself.
“I don’t like it.”
Specialist:
“You don’t have to like it.”
Mother:
“I’ll do it.”
Progress.
Then my attorney asked if I wanted to oppose any unsupervised contact forever.
“No.”
“Why?”
“Because Lowri wants some relationship.”
“And Carys’s warning?”
“Carys said unless circumstances materially change.”
There.
The warning was not a command from the dead freezing all future decisions.
It was a boundary based on behavior.
Behavior could change.
Then court reviewed March 6 recording.
Current visits.
Mother’s admissions.
My own conduct.
Lowri’s preference.
Ruling:
One-hour community visits.
No overnight.
No discussions of dating, replacement mothers, litigation or Carys’s estate documents.
Lowri may bring photographs freely.
Either parent? Only Alwyn parent. Counselor or approved adult nearby for first six visits.
Then review.
Good.
Mother accepted.
No victory speech.
Then Thomasin’s attorney asked to close all remaining property disputes.
Engagement ring resolved.
Frame restitution resolved.
No contact order expired but Thomasin agreed voluntary six-month no-contact with Lowri absent my written consent.
Good.
No surprise return.
Then one final confrontation outside court.
Mother and Thomasin saw each other.
Thomasin said:
“You ruined my life.”
Mother answered:
“No. I encouraged the worst thing in you because it served what I wanted.”
I stopped walking.
That was honest.
Then:
“But you chose it.”
Thomasin’s face changed.
“Yes.”
No more.
They separated.
No new alliance.
May you like
No mastermind.
Shared responsibility finally named.
