Reply #194: They held onto him during the dispute [View All]

they used legal manuvering to hold onto him when it was apparent that the adoption fell through.

If the system worked, we'd be on the same side of this - the RIGHT thing to happen would have been if the father had been found unfit at that moment when the child was two months old, and had his legal rights terminated as a result, and then the birth mother could have proceeded with the adoption as she wanted.

In disputes of this nature in general - I'm not talking about this specific one - adoptive parents use the fact that they've had the children in their care for years as a reason why they should get custody. I maintain that is not enough reason to give the adoptive parents custody if the dispute started when the child was still a young baby.

I have the flu and have taken Nyquil so I apologize if this post is disjointed - I'll try to catch back up to this tomorrow.