1st thing, my daughters father is in the army, you dont get demoted unless you there is a PROVEN REASON for the demotion and you get an hearing/conference in front of your superior officers.
2nd thing....unless this child is being ABUSED AND YOU CAN PROVE IT, dont know what to tell you....but legally if you pursue your case and it gets tossed....you are not going to see this kid again and you will have effectively turned you own child against you, what adult in their right mind could EVER forgive their own parent for putting them thru something like that??....
you must like gambling b/c you seem to want to take a big chance here.....hope in the end its worth it.....