The judge leaned back, unimpressed.
“So you claim he’s incompetent, yet didn’t know he owns and manages a major business?”
Claire’s voice cracked. “We didn’t know—he hid it!”
“And that,” the judge replied, “is exactly why this petition has no merit.”
With a sharp crack of the gavel, he declared:
“This case is dismissed. And Mr. and Mrs. Bennett—be advised that further attempts at financial exploitation may carry criminal consequences.”