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“A 29-year-old single man walked into family court begging to keep five terrified siblings from being ripped apart, but the state attorney slammed the placement papers in his face and sneered, ‘You’re single, broke, and stupid enough to think love pays for five children—by tonight they’ll be in four different homes, and they’ll forget each other just like kids always do.’ He expected the man to back down. Instead, Daniel pulled one battered photograph from his jacket, looked straight at the judge, and said, ‘I was six when this court did the exact same thing to me and my four siblings.’ The entire courtroom went silent—but then the oldest boy looked at Daniel and asked one question that made even the judge stop breathing: ‘If one of us is bad… will you send only that one away?’”