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In reply to the discussion: Biological dad returns 4-year-old Veronica to adoptive parents [View all]Nine
(1,741 posts)89. I hadn't been following this case.
You inspired me to do a little reading about it. Thanks for providing some information others are leaving out.
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The system could have succeeded. They could have left Ronnie Brown with her father.
StevieM
Sep 2013
#36
If her father was allowed to come get her tomorrow, she would be jumping for joy.
StevieM
Sep 2013
#142
She wasn't just taken from Oklahoma, she was taken from the Cherokee nation. And I don't believe
StevieM
Sep 2013
#41
Veronica's dad wanted to marry the mother and raise the child together. He backed off to give her
StevieM
Sep 2013
#58
He did not opt out. Christy perjured herself. And there is no such thing as a father simply
StevieM
Sep 2013
#105
This is nonsense. He backed off at the behest of the mother. He never intended to leave
StevieM
Sep 2013
#115
If all of you assertions are true, then why not bring him before a judge, as required by the ICWA?
StevieM
Sep 2013
#120
This is nonsense. He was fighting the adoption immediately. I don't know what you are
StevieM
Sep 2013
#126
We only have Christy's word that she asked child support and he refused. And I am calling her a liar
StevieM
Sep 2013
#133
This is ridiculous. He backed off at her request. He never said "I won't pay child support."
StevieM
Sep 2013
#138
Fact: relinquished rights shortly after born which started the adoption process.
IdaBriggs
Sep 2013
#141
He did make it known to the mother that he intended to be part of his daughter's life
StevieM
Sep 2013
#174
She couldn't afford to take care of the child. She had two other children already.
LisaL
Sep 2013
#121
That is not what really happened. That is the LIE that Christie has told at the behest of
StevieM
Sep 2013
#139
That is correct. Everyone else (the mother, the Capobiancos, their lawyer) is lying.
StevieM
Sep 2013
#146
Everyone else - the mother, the adoptive parents, the lawyer, the guardian ad litem,
IdaBriggs
Sep 2013
#150
That seems to be pretty definitive proof that he didn't want anything to do with baby Veronica.
Hardlyaround
Sep 2013
#181
He thought he was talking about custody....he was using the words differently than you are
StevieM
Sep 2013
#184
We *finally* agree - you can't sign your rights away before a child is born.
IdaBriggs
Sep 2013
#187
This is nonsense. He didn't even know who the Capobiancos were, or that their was
StevieM
Sep 2013
#190
SNEAK is a misrepresentation. Being an absentee father (while in the country)
IdaBriggs
Sep 2013
#167
How can you defend the taking of a child from its parent to give it to strangers?
me b zola
Sep 2013
#74
Yes, there are many dead beats out there, and many men who seek to avoid child support.
IdaBriggs
Sep 2013
#166
More explained. Your jumping to conclusions and thinking you know everything about people
kcr
Sep 2013
#173
Exactly. They we DESPERATE for her. Dusten just plain loves his daughter. And he tried to work
StevieM
Sep 2013
#104
Agreed that this is not about you or I (adoptive parent v adoptee) winning or losing
me b zola
Sep 2013
#195
It is a sickness in our society, made all the worse by the fact that most people don't realize
StevieM
Sep 2013
#37
Our adoption laws need to change to recognize the rights of both biological parents.
Sunlei
Sep 2013
#13
Native Americans? The child only has 1.2 % of Native American blood, while the father has 2.4%.
LisaL
Sep 2013
#20
Biological parent doesn't have forever to change his/her mind after relinquishing parental rights.
LisaL
Sep 2013
#25
The media is mis-reporting what happened. Dusten was deliberately tricked into signing something
StevieM
Sep 2013
#32
He never wanted the adoption--and the prospective adoptive parents knew it (eom)
StevieM
Sep 2013
#29
I understand that he expected that after he relinquishes his parental right, child's mother
LisaL
Sep 2013
#31
He didn't intend to leave his daughter's life. He was trying to back off and not make the
StevieM
Sep 2013
#33
To the extent that you've been declared an unfit parent, then yes, your rights can be relinquished
Sheldon Cooper
Sep 2013
#54
Why do you continually talk about adoptive parents and adoptees in adversarial terms?
Nine
Sep 2013
#70
In order for the wonderful adoptive family to be formed, first another family has to be broken up.
StevieM
Sep 2013
#73
If that is true then why a gazillion FB pages devoted to convincing women to give up their children?
me b zola
Sep 2013
#198
Actually, they did plenty of lying themselves. They deliberately misspelled Dusten's name,
StevieM
Sep 2013
#28
so true. i know i would. a biological tie is a very very strong bond
La Lioness Priyanka
Sep 2013
#60
He did NOT know what he was signing. Yes, he was naive, but he never agreed to his daughter being
StevieM
Sep 2013
#103