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JstAnotherSub -> Native American roots trump in adoption battle over toddler (1/9/2012 10:53:35 AM)

Native American roots trump in adoption battle over toddler

What say you?

I say horseshit. My mom was 1/4 Cherokee, and I have never had any issue before with any rights granted to them, but this pisses me off.

It may be because I am adopted, but I am absolutely sickened that this child was removed from HER HOME after this long. Her parents must be sick. I hope they get her back before any damage is done to the innocent kid.



thishereboi -> RE: Native American roots trump in adoption battle over toddler (1/9/2012 11:09:12 AM)

It's sad. She must be so confused and scared. Everything she knows has been taken away.



ScatteredRose -> RE: Native American roots trump in adoption battle over toddler (1/9/2012 11:10:44 AM)

Adoption is always shaky territory. What infuriates me is the poor parents who are promised a baby, who are told they will have a child to love and raise, despite whatever physical incapability they may have, and then have the child taken away.

It's cruel. It's heartless.
And frankly, I am calling abuse. What would that man want with that child? What would he gain? Either some kind of trump card, or something to call his own. Either way, dude should've bought a dog and let the poor adopters keep their baby.



Iamsemisweet -> RE: Native American roots trump in adoption battle over toddler (1/9/2012 12:16:43 PM)

I'd say I had mixed feelings. The systematic removal of native American children from their families to place them with white families led to the 1978 law. Obviously, that was a horrid practice. That does not appear to be what happened here and I grieve for this little girl and her adopted family. Based on what was said, the bio dad seems pretty heartless, but there may be more going on than this story says.
In the end, courts either follow the law or they don't. While this story is heartbreaking, so was the mass kidnapping and attempted assimilation of native American children in this country. Personally, I would rather have the Protection Act.



tazzygirl -> RE: Native American roots trump in adoption battle over toddler (1/9/2012 1:26:11 PM)

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In the end, courts either follow the law or they don't. While this story is heartbreaking, so was the mass kidnapping and attempted assimilation of native American children in this country. Personally, I would rather have the Protection Act.


This pisses me off.

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When Veronica was four months old, in January 2010, Brown agreed in writing that he would not contest the adoption, Munday said. But within two weeks, he changed his mind and began petitioning for custody.
South Carolina law ends a father's paternity rights when he has not provided pre-birth support or taken steps to be a father before and shortly after birth, Munday said.
But the 1978 federal law that protects American Indian families from being separated trumped South Carolina law in an appellate court ruling issued in Columbia, South Carolina, on December 30, Munday said.


He signed away his rightsm gave no support, then changed his mind. He had no choice but to use the federal law because he signed away his rights under state law.

The federal law was to prevent children being taken away from parents. He gave that child away. He should have no standing in this case. And now they want a gag order?



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