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Chapter 20 - The false-report case resolves
Prosecutors charged Vivian with a misdemeanor offense related to knowingly making a materially false child-welfare report.
Not felony kidnapping.
Not obstruction empire.
One count.
Defense negotiated.
Vivian pleaded no contest.
Sentence:
Twelve months probation.
Community service.
Fine.
Required completion of a family-boundary and parenting-education program before any court-supported unsupervised contact request involving Lucy.
No jail.
Why so little?
No prior record.
No child removed from my care.
Investigation resolved relatively quickly.
The conduct caused fear and professional disruption but no physical injury.
Could I have wanted more?
In the first month, yes.
May you like
By sentencing, I wanted distance.
Not spectacle.
