second detention hearing. so kymyada finds herself back in juvenile court. mother and kymyada have met and talked and the mother believes it s in her best interests and kymyada s best interests to have her released back into her custody today. ms. foster. a couple weeks back you indicated you 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 that there could be someone in the home because i felt it was the best interests of kymyada along with the family and her daughter for her to be more at home. why did you do all of those things and make all of those changes? because i love my daughter. okay. have you met with kymyada or talked with her since she s been away? yes, i have. tell me about that. yada understands that it was her behavior that put her in this situation. she has some maturing to do. but other than that she s been
and it looks like they re on the way to smoothing those out. yay. you get to go home. where s your baby? her grandma. aw. thank you. i have learned, i just did a complete change. for my baby first, focus on my education, get my g.e.d. you re a good kid, kymyada. you ll do just fine. yeah. it s going to be a challenge. it s in the best interests of the baby along with kymyada. and hopefully, she ll work the program and she won t be back in here. it s still up to her. she still has to work it.
start over again because i know i can you can seed succeed. that s what i want to add. i just want kymyada to understand my concern is always for the baby. she s a helpless individual. if you re acting out of her concern first and foremost, that s the only thing i want to see happen. so if even my comments make you do that, then i ve accomplished what i want. mr. ruck, anything else? judge, i think kymyada has done what we hope happens when someone is not released home to their parent and that s that they think not just about what they did but what the people in this courtroom told her. the structure s in place at home. kymyada s ready to take responsibility for herself and her child. and the court should reconsider at this point releasing her to her mother today. i think for her and for a lot of kids her age it s growing pains and we just have to figure out how to help her get through that. today what the court will do is grant your request and order that she be released a
yay. you get to go home. where s your baby? her grandma. aw. thank you. i have learned, i just did a complete change. for my baby first, focus on my education, get my g.e.d. you re a good kid, kymyada. you ll do just fine. yeah. it s going to be a challenge. it s in the best interests of the baby along with kymyada. and hopefully, she ll work the program and she won t be back in here. it s still up to her. she still has to work it.
hopefully, i ll go home. then i ll be with my baby. right this way, kymyada. i m just going to explain myself from the beginning to the end, leaving no parts out because it s two sides to the story. this young lady is charged with runaway, is that right? correct. okay. kymyada, have a seat up here, please. kymyada, you re charged with running away. tell us what happened. well, my day, me and my boyfriend and my cousin had the baby and we was out all night. we didn t call nobody. i think 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 i just agitated with your mother? no. my mom didn t have nothing to do with this. it was my daughter. she was sleepy, getting cranky. we was out late. i just needed some me time, away