I want to make one thing clear - I do not think Alice wants to lose custody at this time. Right now those girls are her meal ticket. Child support may be her only source of income. I think, eventually, she will decide to dump them on Ioan when she has managed to make them troubled, older teenagers.
She'll pick a time she thinks they would most disrupt Ioan's settled, happy life.
I do not see a way out of a PRO at this time except one thing. And this frequently happens in courts here in America for DUI's and domestic violence cases. She would admit to alcoholism. It is a disease as such.
Then OFFER to go to voluntary rehab while Ioan keeps the girls. Extend further hearings contingent on her completing 30, 60 or 90 days. Extend the PRO a year with offer to revisit when she has managed to maintain sobriety and refrain herself and her minions from breaking the terms of the PRO.
I'm laughing just writing this...
![Face with tears of joy :joy: 😂](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/joypixels/emoji-assets@5.0/png/64/1f602.png)
![Face with tears of joy :joy: 😂](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/joypixels/emoji-assets@5.0/png/64/1f602.png)
There are better odds of any one of us winning the lottery.
![Loudly crying face :sob: 😭](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/joypixels/emoji-assets@5.0/png/64/1f62d.png)
PS I genuinely think she thinks if Ioan and Bianca are granted the PRO it doesn't make any difference what she says. She's getting one anyway.
I think she genuinely believes she will face no consequences. And Ioan's lawyers is playing it smart. I'm sure every letter she sent to Leon was cc'ed to the judge. Just enough to give the judge a heads up - but not enough to annoy him calling every damn day asking him to DO SOMETHING.
She's saving it all for the 14th.