Topic > Shameless Family: Destructive and Dysfunctional Family

Fiona, the eldest daughter, files a lawsuit to take away her parental rights and become the legal guardian of the Gallagher children. In court she describes the time the children were kicked out of her uncle's house when she was just six. There was no one for Fiona and her two younger brothers to turn to and so they had no choice but to sleep in the back seat of the car. Fiona explains that her father stops in the middle of the night and tells them to go and sit on the sidewalk, as he would be right back. As Ian's head starts to burn, Fiona runs down the street for help and claims it would have been easier to get some crack than a ride to the clinic. Eventually he made it on foot where he discovers that Ian has a fever of one hundred and four. Frank appears a few days later asking Fiona how much money she has on her. He explained that unfortunately he wishes he could say that was the only time; however, it was just the