Went with my sister to see the lawyer. She handed him a check, they talked, he handed her paperwork. Said the whole process is going to take 9-10 months. Told her that there is no law in our state that says she can’t take the baby and leave as long as she allows to him to see the baby. Told her if she leaves even if she wants to keep the house-there is no legal recourse for that. She doesn’t give up her rites to anything if she leaves. She won’t leave though. She wants the baby in her house, in her bedroom. Consistency for the baby. She goes to see a therapist on Tuesday to see if it can help her manage her emotions through this and process things. She caught him cheating on her. Physically not just emotionally a couple weeks ago. But I just learned that today. He told her since mediation was not successful to buckle up for a bumpy ride. That’s the short of it. I’m leaving out details because it’s too much identifying information to talk about the details. She is going to have to power through the next 9 months-then this will all be over. I hope her now having a time frame will help her see light at the end of the tunnel and that this hellish time is only temporary. She will get through it, grieve, then heal in time.