you were charged with running away, right? yeah, but this time it was a misunderstanding. okay, well how do we explain when the judge asks, kymyada, now we re here again. what s different this time? it was a misunderstanding because at this time i don t stay with my mom. i stay with my god mom. so that s why i was hurt and confused because why would she make this as a runaway and i m not a runaway? i just needed some time to myself because being a teen mother, that s hard. i told the police, i m like, it was getting late and she was getting cranky. when she get irritated i just don t know what to do. i thought i was going to lose it. so i just took her to a safe place, to her grandmother s house. i dealt with it the best way i could so i won t do anything stupid. i slip up. teenagers slip up, you know. but i m not a bad child anymore. okay. so we not only have to convince the judge, we have to convince your mother.
good morning, kymyada, how are you doing? ready for court? right this way, please. hopefully i ll go home and i ll be with my baby. right this way. i m just going to explain myself from the beginning to the end. leaving no parts out. because there s two sides to the story. this young lady is charged with runaway, right? correct. have a seat. kymyada, you re charged with running away. tell us what happened. well, monday me and my boyfriend and my cousin had the baby, and we was out all night. we didn t call nobody. then tuesday i dropped my daughter off at her grandmother s house because i was getting agitated with her. this is not my first time getting agitated. so agitated with your mother? no, my mom had nothing to do with this. it was my daughter. she was sleepy. i was getting cranky. everything.
during her absence from home, kymyada s mother and stepfather reached a new decision regarding her placement. and requested a second detention hearing. so kymyada finds herself back in juvenile court. mother and kymyada have met and talked, and mother believes now that it s in kymyada s and her best interest to have kymyada released back into mother s custody today. miss foster? a couple weeks back you indicated you felt you really couldn t commit to taking kymyada home with you. tell us what s happened since then. during that short time i have made phone calls, done some research, finagled and moved around schedules so there could be someone in the home, because i felt it was the best interest of kymyada along with the family and her daughter for her to be more at home. why did you do all those things and make all those changes? because i love my daughter. have you met with kymyada or talked with her since she s been away? yes, i have. tell me about that. yada unde
your daughter. she s always had issues. i ve always tried to address those issues. doing and being the best mom i possibly could. unfortunately for kymyada she needs more attention than i can give her because me and my husband both work. to the point where we are now it started with being disrespectful with me. after that we laid down the law. either you abide by our rules, or you need to go somewhere else. she chose to go and be with her god mother. that s fine. i know where you re at. you re safe. we ll work this out. you were okay with that. in fact, you presented that to her as an option? exactly. i trusted that person and i knew she would be safe with that person. so she didn t leave the house without your permission, did she? today the court is considering two difficult cases.
while the court weighs its options. it s still unclear if her mother will consent to that arrangement. today what the court will do is find probable cause to believe that this young lady is in need of services. that no matter where she s placed, kymyada be provided parenting classes. that she begin the processing of working on her ged. if her parents don t take her home i ll order she ll be placed at 4:00 p.m. at alternative house and they ll provide those services. last and not least, i m going to order individual and parenting counseling. this hearing is adjourned. thank you. kymyada, i ll be in touch with you. i ll let you know what they decide. okay? let me talk to you guys outside. okay.