"I'll Think About It"

Yesterday, our 16-year-old met with his psychologist and his father. The goal was to come to an agreement about the boy’s living situation. For 6 weeks now, he’s refused to go to his father’s house. His father has failed to pick up his boy for his visitation time. For 6 weeks, our boy has been without belongings and clothes from his father’s house. The psychologist meeting yesterday was supposed to clear up some issues.
After an hour and a half, 30 minutes longer than the appointment was supposed to go, the psychologist, the boy and his father could not come to an agreement. What’s more, our 16-year-old and his father had come to an agreement that the boy would spend one evening a week with his father for a dinner, as long as he could go over to his father’s house and get his stuff. His father said, “I’ll have to think about it.” This was ultimately reduced to a “no” when asked to define what that meant. This is against the law. But no one cares. And our 16-year-old gets shafted by the legal system again.