My Stepmother Claimed I Was Not Stable In Court Until The Judge Removed His Glasses

I raised his daughter. I kept his house—”

“You kept his money,” I said. “That’s what you kept.”

Judge Alderman raised his hand one final time.

He spoke in the deliberate, unhurried tone of a man who has already made his decision and is now simply stating it for the record.

The court found no evidence of mental incapacity on the part of the respondent.continue reading …