She asks: “Is my daughter going to have to be the one to ‘talk with her feet’ by running away, refusing to return to her father, telling people how unhappy she is, etc? Right now, she’s a top student and just this week got an award voted by the entire K-12 school, and the judge said she’s ‘thriving’ in this environment *BECAUSE* she has such limited time with ME! Does she have to become a ‘problem child’ to get any attention? Will she even get any help if she DOES start having behavioral issues from this seemingly exceedingly corrupt system?”

Sadly, your concerns about the system being flexible in serving her in the highest and best way, should things turn for the worse in her behavior, are warranted, because the services provided to young people are uneven and in a situation where things have been tainted by falsehood as to causation, this could backfire on the both of you in having the court system further limit time you can see one another. So we see it as being a very risky proposition for her to start to fight back on her own, for the same reason that you are not listened to and falsely assumed to be the culprit. You have already described in your question the reality you are blamed for any negativity on her part; that would likely be much worse if she starts acting out. Keep in mind that even in the worst-case scenario, it will be a few short years until she is emancipated. While far from ideal, the future will be much brighter than what you are going through currently if you can stay the course and keep going in supporting a positive healthy environment through your words and actions, and keep the love coming.