court date is around the corner

[Painter]

I would think that you have a legal right to know where your children are.

And I think you would be a dream client for any lawyer - it sounds like you're doing everything right.

I know you are missing out on your children, but once this is all behind you, you can catch up - and you will have the gift of realizing how precious they are to you. Had this not happened, your W might have continued the abuse you have described and you would have been too afraid to do anything - now you have an opportunity to stop it.

I think you have a baffled heart, and a loyal heart, that does not understand how someone can walk out like that.