Peter Hermann credited as playing...
Defense Attorney Trevor Langan
- Trevor Langan: Noah's all right?
- Olivia Benson: Yeah, he just has a cold. But today, of all days.
- Trevor Langan: I know that this is stressful, but you have got nothing to worry about.
- Olivia Benson: Then why are we here?
- Trevor Langan: My best guess? Judge Linden agreed to a courtesy hearing to cover her bases. She's the one who suggested you take Noah, and the circumstances were a little bit unorthodox.
- Olivia Benson: Just promise me I'm not going to lose my son.
- Sheila Porter: I have no intention of ripping a little boy from the only home he has ever known, but I have serious reservations about Ms. Benson's fitness to parent.
- Ruth Linden: How so?
- Sheila Porter: My PI became aware of Noah's existence from an ACS investigation for suspected child abuse.
- Olivia Benson, Trevor Langan: That investigation is closed.
- Trevor Langan: Your Honor, and it has absolutely no bearing on the validity of the adoption.
- Olivia Benson: There was no findings of wrongdoing.
- Sheila Porter: I understand that there were bruises.
- Olivia Benson: There were bruises on Noah because I saved him from almost being hit by a cab. I love my son. I would never, *ever*, do anything to hurt that boy. I want what's best for him. I always have.
- Sheila Porter: If you really cared about what's best for him, you wouldn't deny him a relationship with his grandmother, his only living blood relative. I may not be able to overturn the adoption, Your Honor, but I am determined to be a part of this little boy's life, for his sake.