Very touching. I agree with you on the need to let them stay united.

Thank you LEO, maybe we’ll get this changed before they graduate college.

I understand that the law is the law, but as your poem makes clear, sometimes the law can be so unfeeling and cold.

Good one as usual- thanks

Thank you all for the read. It is exasperating to think that step/half sisters may never see each other again.

The law,
Any law is absolutely cold,
As it has to be applied,
To young and old,
Howsoever be it cold,
To accept law as destiny
One needs to be bold.

To your poems
I’m sold,
But my prosaic ones
Have been many times retold,
Say what you will,
No law
Can me still.

Plain and simple as they say in england – the law is an ass.

I was informed via email earlier today that the new incumbent Governor is ratifying at least, some of the conditions of this section of the DCF code. Perhaps some good will come of it.

So sad when this happens. That’s why in many cases when parents die if there is another relative willing to take care of the kids they don’t bother to get the courts involved.

Sharifa – Thank you so much for the read, unfortunately; this is a familial dispute gone horribly awry. The oldest daughter has been taken by her father, while the youngest one lives with her grandmother. She is the one trying desperately to allow these two children right to see and communicate with each other.
Again, thank you for reading and I will add you as a friend and read your work. Dan