Taking evidence from an old crime and planting it in someone's car to get them on drug possession may have worked in 1940; but today, even in Nowheresville USA, it is too easy to get caught. Mare should have known that. Thus her actions made zero sense and did not fit in with her character up to this point. She maybe determined and bitter but she isn't stupid.
The birth mothers past history ought to be enough to keep her from getting custody. I would at least think so.
The birth mothers past history ought to be enough to keep her from getting custody. I would at least think so.