Lead Lawyer: Mr. Sterling, as the head legal counsel for the estate, I must advise you to stop speaking immediately.
Richard Sterling: Shut up, Harrison! I pay your retainer fees!
Lead Lawyer: You pay the firm, Mr. Sterling, but our primary duty is to the rightful legal heirs of Thomas Sterling’s estate.
Maria: Mr. Harrison, I have the original marriage license and Leo’s certified birth certificate stamped by the city registrar.
Lead Lawyer: If those documents are authentic, ma'am, this adoption proceeding is completely void, and you hold full legal custody.
Richard Sterling: Harrison, you work for ME! Fix this right now!
Lead Lawyer: I cannot commit fraud for you, Richard. If Thomas had a legal wife and child, sixty percent of the company voting rights automatically revert to his widow as guardian.
Evelyn Sterling: Sixty percent... that means Richard doesn't control the board anymore...
Victoria Sterling: We’ve been supporting the wrong side this whole time!
Maria: I never wanted your money or your corporate seats, Richard. All I wanted was to raise my son in peace without your cruel games.
Leo: Mommy, can we go home now? I don't like this big house anymore.
Maria: We’re going home very soon, sweetie. Just give Mommy a few more minutes.
Richard Sterling: You think you can just walk out of here and take everything my family built over three generations?!
Maria: My husband built half of this company while you sat in luxury boxes spending his earnings. It’s time for his son to get what belongs to him.
Richard Sterling: You won't see a dime! I will file an emergency injunction before the sun goes down!
Lead Lawyer: An injunction won't hold, Richard. The paperwork she is holding is ironclad. You are facing severe legal liability for coercion and fraud.
Evelyn Sterling: Richard, you lied to us! You told us Thomas died single and left everything to the family trust!
Richard Sterling: I did it to keep the money in the family!
Maria: Leo IS the family, Richard. But you treated him like a publicity stunt for your press release.
Leo: You made my mommy cry every day in the kitchen, Uncle Richard. You're a mean man.
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