Deprivation of Parental Rights Hearing
When Ellen received a new subpoena from the court and was informed that the legal proceedings were entering the final stages with a custody deprivation hearing, she trembled with the subpoena in hand. Despite Tindell’s preparations, the odds were against her, and the barrier of DNA testing and the absolute evidence of science stood in her way. Ellen looked at herself in the mirror, checking her gaunt face and sunken eyes, and asked herself if this was the face of an impostor or a kidnapper. Then the humiliation in the courtroom begins.
