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Thanks PW. I have already spent probably 4 hours on the witness stand regarding this case, and will have to testify again tomorrow. I really hate it. There are 5 lawyers involved in the juvenile case, and the @$$h*le lawyer that I mentioned before who has it in for me is the defense attorney in the criminal case and he makes a point of being there and coaching the perp's attorney for our case...the same attorney, I might add, who is trying to get me removed from another case because he claims I am "openly hostile" to his clients. Being grilled by that many lawyers is stressful, to say the least, and it is really hard to remember some of the details they ask about.

I'm really hoping that because I have given so much testimony at the previous two hearings (actually, one that had to be continued), that I will not be on the stand so long tomorrow and that more weight will be given to the therapists who have been working with the children and the mom since the last hearing.

It would help if the criminal trial was over, but the jerk has managed to drag that out way longer than it should have been, and there are a couple of people who are at least partially sympathetic to the mother. I guess I just have to trust that I've done my job to the best of my ability and made my recommendations accordingly, give the best testimony I can and trust God with the outcome.