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We are friends of the child in question. He has serious problems with the stepmother. The custodial father does not seem to want to intervene in his new wife's abuse of his son. The child is being emotionally abused constantly. The stepmother will not allow him to visit his mother (for any reason she can think of) and she talks ugly and cruelly about his mother to any and everyone, in front of the boy. Her behavior is seriously erratic and disfunctional. He is always being punished for some ridiculous infraction. (He frowned. He got punished. etc.) He is 15 and is trying desperately to remain sane in an increasingly insane environment. His mother is going thru a hard time financially but she is a hard worker and is emotionally stable. She loves her son and wants to have him back with her. She has no money for a lawyer to fight for her son and does not know what she can do. Her love for her son is the only thing keeping him going, the only thing that helps him survive this terrible situation. How can we help?