Articles Book III - Pg 300-560 (Birthparents) - triadoption

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By Charles Mount
end Robcrl Benjamin
A CIItCUIT COUI\T Iaalfit r~llc,l F~I.
dny lhnl Cnll~ollc Chnrltlcs usd "lrnud
nnd durrs.~" lo prs~indc nn,~ Ilnn~nl.rlcd
norlh suburbnn wonlnn lo plrl llcr 2.
monlh*ld son up for ndopllon 111 1077.
Thcrcforc, Judgc lrw111 CO~ICI ruled,
Linda Po!nh, 30, 01 IJm S. Cl~catcr AV.,
Pa-1-hTdgc, should gel cuslody 01 1&
monlhnld &n P@ic!lln!~s, IC son
sho hns not sccii7nr 16 montl~s.
"The h~l hfolhcr's Dny present I
collld get." snld hllu Polnlcs, weeping
~JPPUY wflll her relnllves nrnund her.
Her JOY was tempered when Cohcn
RSVC ~lllollc Cllarlllrs' nllorncys 10
tlnys lo ask nn Appcllnlo Courl to stay
his order. If lhnl occurs, Scnn mlglll
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remain wllh tho foslcr pnrcnls who hnre
had him for lhc Ins1 IS molllhs ond \vllo
won1 lo adopt hlm.
IP NO STAY 01 hl: ordcr I4 olalncgi,
Cohen -Id, Sean Is lo bc brou~ht 10 ),I,
courlrwm on hlny 24 nnd givcn 10 his
mother.
~1~ Polnl~, n lormcr ndmlnlslrnllvc
mmlarg or n pharmnccutlcnl firm, wpr
MI married lo tho hhyk lnlber, a 35
YCmld mnrrled man kho she
lives In Cnlllornlo. She sold thnl
month t f t tho ~ blrlh 01 Senn, thc Inlllcr
bgin harasing hcr, m shc plnced Scnn .
In the cue Of Cnlholic Charllla whlld,.,
got legal. help to. terminate illo .
man's partnlnl rlghu.
On Dee. 14, Ion, sha slgncd n ycslu
PnW. a condltlonol surrender cf the
chlfd for adoptJon. Ilowcvcr, sho snld,
she Ifas told she had I\IV nlorc days (6
Fakc the haby olllclally ndoplnlllc. she
nld she then told n Call~olic Chnrllics
CnnllnllcJ On pago '' cnl' ' Llndo Polal~s disPla~s
IIhnt,lshnlo br Arlhus WI~I
a Pllolo of her son. Scan Patrick, ltlal was loken shdrlly nflcr'his birlh in 1977,
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Co:.en mlcd, OT~~,, m~ellflor lo( ~rnnl cmotlonnlly when Col-cn rend tho "frnlld
Conllnutd Irnm 11pdOn*
nns oblnlned lly frnld and duress," by and I-~S" porunn of his ruling. hfiss
counsc~or she v'n111cj her baby cnl..,,llc ~llnrlllcr. tbr wcltnrc nrm nl Polnlcs gospcd, cmbrncd prlcsl~ und
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bnck. 8 t!,c noinon Cnllrollc Archdloccsc 01 Chi. wept.
on ~ccj 20, 1077. sbc sold. sllc was cng~.
,~SI~IC I:C co~irtruwn, shc snl~l ~lle
told lllnl (IIC ngcncy ltnd conlnctcd an llc snld Calhollc Cherltlca mnlnlnl~led anntcd In scc Scan " n~ so011 ns posslblc.
nll,,pll$c Innilly rind ,lid IIO~ wnnl lo "?llcncc' nboul I!le cr~msclln: 01 hllss I hnvc 111s oa11 room nll llacd op. Il tvlll
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lhnt lnmlly by lnklng Senn Polclcs; nd~nlllcd dcr'royln~ llcr cnsc . he tho bcst hlolhcr's 1)ny prcscnt I
hnck. she sjlll Cntl~olb Chnrlllc? nlfl records; nllowcd her 10 rco SEnn only c3uld ~cl!'
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:clnli illcd told her "a mlslnkc" hnd twice dsrlng lhc slx weeks 1l hod cusfo. bliss Pnlnlcs, who llves tvilh hcr pnrhcen
tnnZc nnd sllc lvns 11 gel Scnn dy of thc c'lllc'; gnvr Icgnl ndrlce . cnls, so\,\ RI~C gnvc up n ~ccrclnrial lob
lIack, $at counselor Ann Abrnms flnnlly hllss Polnlca, wl~lcll only 1 nltorncY to work nlchla ns n rcslnllrnllt lloslcss
11cr ll~nl lllo ndopllnn wollld bc linnl cnn rln; nn~l Icl LI:c lnllscr Sl~n on UlcRnl so sllc ~~mlld npcnd ~lnys lryln~ lo l!cl
nnd thnl sl:c hnd no rlgllh lo Scan. lorm permllllng the ndopllon. SOPI) bnck. Shc snl~l ll~nl 11 nnd wllcn
Collcn excorlnlcd l:.e ~llnrlly moup for scan Is rcturllcd, s):c will go bilck lo n
I I I@ 1 'lncg a-0 lolnl cllnrcgard" of 1110 "hcrnasmcnl" .scerc,nrlnl lob.
. gut Scnn hnck, cIlnrgh4 thnl CnthDlc &liar Polnlcs \rcnl llrrnusll, which *(lcr rccprs, ~nll.ollc Cl~nrlllcs nl.
, ~l~nrlllcs I5nrl cllnn:cll 111 CnsC rccerrls sflid "slloul~l hnvc nlrrle~l n lruc profcs- lorncys for
lo nlnkc 11 look 0s tllollfill llnri nl Collcn's or. siqtlnl" tllnl sllc wns orllng undcr du.
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