I think that Alex still has a lot of growing up to do. She had a baby at fifteen (and believe me even though she made her own choices that led to that circumstance, a child's home life plays a huge roll in what they do) and from what I understand her mother took over from the beginning and she never stood a chance. Trust me when a mother takes over everything and never allows you to make your own choices it is very had to grow up. It puts the child in a perpetual approval seeking mode. Mom makes the choice, child carries it out, child waits for approval, child waits for next decision.... Until they feel basically incapable of making decisions. That is where Alex is still at. She has grown up having all of her decisions made FOR her not BY her with any help. Now she has to go through a trial and error process and she is still looking for approval by her mother. The only problem is with a mother like Erin, nothing will EVER be up to her standards. She wants Alex to move back in with her with the children so she can continue to control Alex and her kids. She will testify against Alex as leverage and out of fear. Fear that if Alex wins and gets her children that Alex will no longer have anything to do with Erin, and that means LOSING CONTROL of her AND the children. That's not love.  Wanting to control your daughter to control what she does with her kids is not love. Taking her kids because she wants to control you is not love....