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Tell why Sam should or should not be allowed custody of Lucy. Please choose a side and no “fence sitters” allowed. Many people would say no Sam should not have custody of Lucy. Simply because Sam is mentally challenged called a Development Disability with an IQ of a 7 year old. He has an excellent spirit and is a good father with a consistent home for Little Lucy. Society now like to take peoples' kids because they have disabilities like that, but they usually have a good support system, but when they find a child is getting beaten by their parents or drug addicts they never want to remove kids from them type of unsafe areas. My answer to this question is yes, Sam should have custody of Lucy. In the beginning of this movie he already …show more content…
He already raised her for 7 years with his support system. All they had to do was have check ups on Sam and his daughter to make sure everything is good and safe. They bring that into her life at such a young age could mess her up because she was close enough with her father and he knew her best. She could act up on purpose so she could stay with her father, causing even more problems that’s not needed. So, they should've thought about how she would have felt about the situation. During the trial period, Lucy is living in a foster home with Randy Carpenter, but tries to convince Sam to help her run away, and continually escapes in the middle of the night to go to Sam's apartment, whereupon he immediately returns her. At the trial, Sam breaks down after opposing counsel convinces him that he is not capable of being a father. Ultimately, the foster family who planned to adopt Lucy decide to return her to Sam, with an arrangement that Randy will help him raise her. Sam was one of the beatles biggest fan and Lucy says,” all you need is love”. I think it's meant to be about accepting yourself and loving yourself and everyone else. That loving people is the most important thing he's saying don't worry about the rest. Let God handle it and soon everything will come how you

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