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 fine. she needs to raise h
you can sentence someone to death. you can sentence someone for life imprisonment. but to try to figure out how to put a family back together in about 30 minutes, after you read the reports of a certain pattern of behavior that probably has gone on for years, is a very tricky thing to do, a very important thing to do, and wow, the impact we can have if we get it right. kymyada is charged with running away. and although she s told the judge her side of the story, her mother has yet to establish why she turned her daughter over to the police. she chose to go and be with her godmother. okay. so she didn t leave the house without your permission, did she? no, she didn t. because i gave her an option. i said you abide by the rules or you can go. and then at some point you called the police and reported her as a runaway. okay. now, she didn t call. she didn t check in. she didn t do anything. so the same pattern with me she did with the godmother. and i knew then that they were
from the baby, away from everything. after that we didn t call nobody or let them know we was okay. so of course they re going to make them reports. because they didn t know where we was at or i didn t call anybody. well, kymyada, since i think a large part of what the outcome of today s hearing is likely to be is going to involve what your mother has to say, do you have anything you want to say to her to influence her decision as to whether or not she thinks you should come home with her today? well, the being disrespectful, cussing you out when we get into it, i know i do it. everybody does it. but this time i really have changed. yes, i slipped up. but it s not like i m continuing to do the same things i was doing when i was 14 years old. so i have been making progress. okay. judge, that s all i have.
mrs. guzic, anything? well, judge, i think that kymyada in her youth is a very selfish person. and i think we re seeing that and hearing that today. what i haven t heard in here today at all is i miss my baby. i want to go home. i think kymyada s going to keep doing what she wants to do. i think she s too young to understand what s in her best interests and the court needs to step in to assist her. judge, kymyada says she wants to go home. she swears she s going to do better. i agree we ve all heard that before. i would just ask that the court consider the available options the court has given the fact that we re dealing with two children, not just one. thank you. it seems unlikely that kymyada s side of the story has convinced the judge to drop the charge. her attorney is hoping the judge will at least consider a ruling that allows kymyada to go home while the court weighs its options. it s still unclear if her mother will consent to that
okay, now. she didn t call. she didn t check in. she didn t do anything. so the same pattern with me she did with the godmother. and i knew then that they were just on the run. she neglected to say drinking, partying, smoking, having a good time. now i need to step in. i have to do something to keep her safe along with keeping the baby safe. so i put in a missing persons report. i want it to stop. i want her to go to school so when she gets out into society she won t be another statistic, she won t have a child who i have to take care of, because i want her to raise her own daughter. miss foster, would you be willing to take your daughter home if the court provides a supervision? i don t believe it would be successful. kymyada, first of all, you talked about that you were disrespectful and you cussed your mother out. you said, everybody does it. i got news for you, sweetie. not everybody cusses their