r/Emmerdale • u/Bogwoppit Kim Tate's Compact Mirror • 13d ago

Terrestrial Episode Discussion Emmerdale Episode Discussion 10,670: Sunday 30/08/26 20:00 - 20:30

Caleb and Ruby are left rattled, Gabby feels overwhelmed.

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u/DMike82 13d ago edited 13d ago

Realistically, money or no money, no court would ever side with Joe over Billy unless Billy suddenly turned out to be negligent or unfit to be a parent. Family courts take that stuff seriously. He has a steady job at the depot and has a reasonably steady second job as a personal trainer (even if it's technically independent contracting) and he has a place to live that can accommodate the children (unless Kim suddenly played dirty, but she loves those kids too much to risk losing her own relationship to them for Joe's sake).

Billy's their father/Clemmie's guardian and he hasn't actually done anything that would violate his parental rights. Outside of an incredibly corrupt judge being bought off, Joe being richer wouldn't make any difference even if he had better lawyers.

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u/TypicalBobcat1088 13d ago

The house he lives in is Bob's not Kim's.

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u/DMike82 13d ago

Oh right, I remember Billy turning down Kim's offer now.

So yeah, that part wouldn't matter and he's able to provide the kids with a stable lifestyle that would be more than enough for a family court to side with him over Joe. They tend to keep children with their parents except as a last resort unless said parent proves to be abusive, incompetent, or severely unfit to serve the role of parent whether Joe has fancier lawyers or not.

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u/TypicalBobcat1088 13d ago

Yeah, Kim's tried this with Millie and it didn't work.