Father is ready to turn page on Utah adoption horror story

Submitted by Mastodon on Sun, 2012-12-09 22:37

Story here. This is a follow-up to this story. Excerpt:

'A 4th District Court judge says he is "astonished and deeply troubled" by a Utah adoption agency’s deliberate move to circumvent the rights of a married man whose daughter was adopted at birth without his knowledge.

The Provo judge, while noting the birth mother had deceived her husband, the adoption agency and the prospective parents, has given the adoptive couple 60 days to give the child back.

In a 48-page ruling, Judge Darold McDade said the Adoption Center of Choice’s policy of refusing to disclose any information to Terry Achane once he learned what had happened to his baby is "utterly indefensible."

Salt Lake City attorneys Mark and Scott Wiser, the father/son team that represented Achane, used even stronger language for what occurred.

"This is a case of human trafficking," said Mark Wiser. "Children are being bought and sold. It is one thing what [adoption agencies] have been doing with unmarried biological fathers. It is in a new area when they are trying to take a child away from a married father who wants to have his child."
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During that hearing, a representative for the Adoption Center of Choice testified that it was "standard practice" to not provide any information when a father — married or not — of a prospective adoptive child called the agency. Kristi Freis told the court that although they knew Achane wanted his child, she and her husband felt they had no obligation to return the baby.
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"Much of the pain and anguish in this case could have been avoided or at least substantially mitigated if the adoption agency had responded to Mr. Achane’s initial requests for information concerning his daughter, and [his] request to have her returned to him back in July or August 2011," McDade said, adding that he hoped the case would "serve as a cautionary tale and prompt the Adoption Center to change its policies so situations like this never happen again."'

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One day. The child should be back with the father immediately.

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Submitted by Matt on Sun, 2012-12-09 23:37

Quote from the article:

"On a blog about the case, where the Freis have raised more than $20,000 to help with legal bills, they vow to appeal McDade’s decision, describing the arrival of Achane’s daughter in their lives "a righteous desire blessed to fruition by God." "

The Mormons think they have the rights to anyone's kids. It is very scary how deep the religion goes, to where they can justify something like this. Just think of what might happen if it goes to appeals and the appeals judge is Mormon. They feel they are rescuing kids from non-Mormon families with God on their side! and the Mormons have deep pockets! This is both heart wrenching and disgusting.

and then this quote...

"[Judge] McDade said, adding that he hoped the case would "serve as a cautionary tale and prompt the Adoption Center to change its policies so situations like this never happen again."

Citizens are just supposed to sit back and hope this never happens again???

What about a huge fine for all the turmoil they caused and reimbursing the father and punitive damages? A big pay out would serve as a much better precautionary consequence.

What about Utah enacting some legal mandates in regards to adoption! Why aren't politicians in Utah getting tired of this and demanding changes!!! (oh yeah - they're probably Mormons) I guess since the whole state is run by Mormons change in adoption laws might be impossible.

Until there is a universal set of procedures and standards and huge fines for non-compliance and/or fraud, I predict there will be no changes in Utah adoption policies.

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Submitted by Kris on Mon, 2012-12-10 04:23