She looked up from the paper, her gaze fixing on Grant.

“Mr. Carroway, did your client declare these accounts during the financial disclosures?” she asked.

“Your Honor, we… we were not made aware of these specific assets,” Carroway stammered.

“He committed perjury,” Sarah said. “He hid hundreds of thousands of dollars to avoid child support.”

“And to paint my client as financially unstable,” Sarah added.

Judge Harlan leaned back in her high chair.

She looked at Grant for a long moment.

Grant’s confident facade was gone.

His mouth was slightly open, his face pale under the courtroom lights.

“This court does not look kindly on deception,” Judge Harlan said.

“Especially when that deception is used to weaponize a child’s custody,” she added.

“Your Honor,” Carroway began.

“Sit down, Mr. Carroway,” Judge Harlan said.

Carroway sat.

Judge Harlan turned to Renee Whitaker, who was sitting in the back row.

“Ms. Whitaker, do you have your final recommendation?” the judge asked.

Renee stood up, holding a folder.

“I do, Your Honor,” Renee said.

“Based on my interviews with the school, the child, and the mother, I recommend sole legal and physical custody to Claire Bellamy,” Renee said.