When Michèle is 11 years old, her mother leaves the family and leaves her with her half-brothers. From then on, Michèle is on her own. We gave Michèle's mother the opportunity to comment in advance, but she missed the deadline and did not comment on Michèle's stories. ???? ???? Subscribe to TRU DOKU now: http://bit.ly/TRUDOKUABO Michèle grows up surrounded by drug abuse and violence. She remembers that her childhood was marked by a lot of unrest. When she is eleven years old, her mother leaves the family for a new boyfriend. As her father also withdraws, Michèle is raised for a few years by her two half-brothers, who are both in the middle of their training at the time. At the age of 16, she then takes the brave step of taking custody of her parents in court - a long battle, as her parents fail to appear in court on several occasions. Eventually, however, Michèle succeeds in gaining her independence. She then moves into her first own apartment. She does her A-levels and goes from job to job in order to be able to share in the standard of living of her friends. After graduating from high school, she wants to move to Cologne to study: “This past stuck to me like chewing gum, that’s why I had to get out of here.” #custody #family #custodydispute #trudoku #zdf ???? Did you like this video? Give us a like! More TRU DOCUMENTARIES: ???? For my sister: • Dancing against prejudice: Nina gives all... ???? Never dance again: • Always exhausted: Lulu (22) suffers from... ???? Yes! We are a couple: • Unique couple: Cristina and Max... ???? Raven despite a wheelchair: • “I’m not disabled!” – Rap... ???? My husband takes care of me: • Endometriosis: Happy despite severe... Welcome to TRU DOKU! Every week, TRU DOKU complements the variety of ZDF formats with documentaries about the fates of young people. Every Tuesday there are new documentaries on our channel about very different people who tell from their perspective who they are, what they do and what moves them. We have no host and no speaker, which means that in our films the protagonists themselves have their say and can tell their own story. _______________ A film by: Mira Brünner Collaboration: Carlo Laufkötter Camera: Julia Hombach Sound: Stefan Frings Editing: Duc Anh Mai Ho ZDF.reportage editors: Lisa Borgemeister, Leo Spors DRIVE beta Editor-in-chief: Nico Reimer Production: Franziska Panne, Florian Fimpel Social Media: Moritz Steinacker Mediaproducing: Isabel Rudek Executive Producer: Hannes Jakobsen, Johannes Middelbeck, Catherine Harwardt _______________ More from TRU? Every Tuesday on this channel. And in the ZDFmediathek: https://www.zdf.de/dokumentation/tru-... And also on Instagram: / trudoku And on TikTok: / trudoku Do you have any topic suggestions? Write to us: [email protected] You don't want to miss anything? Subscription: https://www.youtube.com/trudoku?sub_c... Instagram: / trudoku We have a heart for critics, but not for haters: https://www.zdf.de/service-und-hilfe/... Category: Documentary, Reportage