13-06-2025
General Hospital Recap: Michael Wins Full Custody of His Kids
General Hospital Recap: Michael Wins Full Custody of His Kids originally appeared on Daytime Confidential.
On today's General Hospital recap:
Natalia tells Sonny he's in serious trouble and tells him about her drunk driving arrest. She says she could face up to 5 years in jail unless she helps ADA Turner build a case against him. Sonny says he never discussed his business with her but Natalia says Deception's financials show discrepancies. Sonny realizes that would be enough for Turner to get a warrant to search all of his holdings. He wants her to keep her mouth shut, but Natalia says she'll go to prison. She promises to stay loyal to him so Sonny tells her to remain calm and he'll handle everything.
Kristina tells Alexis she hired someone to seduce Ava to divide her and Ric. She's certain Cody will have Ava eating out of his hand. Kristina says with Lucky gone, Ric will circle back around to Liz. She thinks they could use this to their advantage, but Alexis says Kristina hasn't learned anything from her mistakes.
Kristina promises she's thought it through and I playing the long game. She's certain it's a surefire plan and another opportunity will not come. Kristina is worried Alexis will get caught embezzling money and this could stop it.
Cody heads to the gallery on the pretext of returning Ava's sunglasses but she questions how he found her. He makes small talk about her art, which piques her interest. Ava explains the art on the walls and gives him an invite to a show.
Cody updates Kristina that he went to the gallery, land she owes him a thousand dollars. He thinks he can pull this off and asks how far she wants him to go. Cody points out Ava is lethal and he's being asked to seduce a murderer and wants more money.
Liz apologizes to Laura for letting Lucky leave town, but Laura doesn't blame her. Laura says Lucky made the choice to be true to himself and she's grateful to Liz.
Laura summons Alexis and tells her Martin wants Liz to file a lawsuit over the accident. She says Martin is desperate for work and Liz deserves it if the car malfunctioned. Laura wants to know if Liz has a strong case and if she should convince her to pursue it. Alexis doesn't think the case is worth it but promises to talk to Liz and Martin.
Everyone heads to the courthouse for the judgement. Diane and the Corinthi are concerned whereas Drew is certain it's a good sign. Jason promises Michael if things don't go his way, he and the kids will be spirited away.
The judge grants Willow and Michael a divorce and dissolves their marriage. For custody, the judge lists all of the damaging things that Willow has done and says she's demonstrated a consistent pattern of negligence and violating the law. The judge decides to award full custody to Michael.
Willow gets upset saying the children belong to her and screams at the judge not to take her kids away. She begs Michael to talk to the judge and allow her to keep her children. Willow collapses in Nina's arms, crying and then passes out. Diane says that outburst validates the judge's decision to give the kids to Michael.
Nina accuses Drew of being the cause of Willow's loss since she did everything for him while the court saw her as a bad mother.
Willow is taken to the hospital and admitted. Liz updates Nina and Drew. Liz says they'll be calling for a psych evaluation.
Michael is upset with how things ended up, but Carly thinks it's a wake up call for Willow, so she can have a relationship with the kids.
Carly and Jason discuss how awful it was to see Willow break down. Jason says Drew shattered their family and Willow.
Ric heads to the hospital and Liz understands how awful it is that Willow is losing her kids. Ric says he feels horrible about losing the case and wishes he'd had a different result.
Nina tells Drew to leave as he's the last person Willow needs. She says Drew is to blame and cost her the kids. Nina tells Drew to walk away from Willow if he truly loves her.
Michael tells Wylie about going to court and getting divorced. He says the judge agreed it was best that they live with him for now.
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This story was originally reported by Daytime Confidential on Jun 13, 2025, where it first appeared.
