i saw this movie and when it first come out . patty do not want to be separate from her sibling . however the juvenile justice system do not care . when patty look at the case file and the judge send her to a juvenile detention facility . he claim she violate the rule of privacy and by look at private file . she just want her family together . i couldn not blame her . the parent be not even fit parent . one of the small child have to have a restroom . the father stop and let them off . he drive off him and leave the child strand and at the service station . patty have to take authority to protect them and since she be the old . they be place in foster home . the good part be that the social worker get them back a a family . the head social worker and keep tell him to butt out and not interfere . he be power crazy . he be the one and who have patty place in the juvenile facility . why do not they go after the father and who be release from prison and for abandonment . yet the child be catch in the middle and make to feel insecure .