Articles Book III - Pg 1-117 (Adoptees) - triadoption

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nwcct. S~I. had such a nicc look on her : Thn lrllar lhrrw Chnnc Intu cmn.
Iacc. 9110 knelt down In Iron1 of me and:llnnnl lurmoll. She hntl llccn rrnrcd, nl-
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, I hand mlnc In wlth 'unknown: acron It.
"Thc department nltornry In clllng
. !hclr school. . . , t
. Evcrylhlng wla unknown!'
. . * thc Soclnl Scrvlcen Lnw llnn slotcd thnt
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'qhcro was no onc 1 could talk (0
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lhc mtnmlssloncr hnri no nulhority to
mnlhcr of rno chlldrcn, and lhouglt ahc, 'he"abo"t thclrncial ptoblem 01 schwl." . rclrosc nny rccords wlth rclrrcnce to
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han hccn on her own nlnce shc was 18 Shr plckcd up blts 01 lnlormntion nbnndonrd, dcllnqucnl; drslitu~@, nc.
ycarn old. tho Iorp for her $300 state from noclal workers. Her mothcr's llrnt g l ~ t or ~ dcpcnd~.n~
l children wlth~~ut
, grant at Snnla Bnrbnra Clly Collcgc re f , ' , cnm~rt npprovnl nllcr n hcntlng upon np-
, qulrcd that she show prool that nhe was i . ,wh pllcnllon bythc prrlpcr pnrllcs!'
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rcnred a foster chlld nnd reselves no in.
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' Jrromc Cnnlpo, nttorncy .lnr thi
, come imm her parunt*; .; I child, nnything you'd0 is not sul~o~k County Dcpnrtmcnt UI Sorin!
: "It In~umlllatlng 10 mc tohivC togo normal. !f 1 Cut schobl for n Scrvlrcn, rnld ~hnt hr bnacd hls oplnlon
through thal," Chnsctold."lt'n llke my dny, the cops wcte cnllcd in. on thc,Ncw York Soc!ol Scrvlccs Lnw.
wltlch hc snys wan rslshllshd "In pro-
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Illedoenn'l bclang to mu .. . lt'n i s I1 I
am no1 on idult end don't own my lile.
tcrt the conlldcnllnlily 01 the pnrllcs
.; I don't llkc lhnt lccllng!' nre.'.' , lnvolvcd ... The pat ty lnvalvd in , party thatnurrcndc,rcd Lhlaphlld ...the
Ncvcrthclesn, .~hnsc wrote to thc
. suffolk .county ~ of ~ hl,l . name. ~ Later, her ~ mothcr's Inat ~ namc. Or mother" ~ ~ ~ , i
, ~~~l~~~ in N~~ york ripueatlng ,ha( a won It. hcr fnthcr'a lnsl nnmc? She 'There In a rcrtaln nrnsunl ol inlor-
' lctlcr be sent lo Sanln Dnrbora Clty dldn'lrrall~ know. matlon lhat I thlnk the young lndy in
Cnllcge slatlng tho( she hod never Once agnln, the chlld war taken cnllllrul lo," hc concrdcd, but nddcd.
known her natural prenta. lrom hcr foster homc and didn't know "Wi.'vc givcn her about ns much ns wc
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puld wllhoul vlolntlnj: the lnw."
At the nomc tlmc, ahe rlccldril to re.
gucnt lt~lormqtlon About her own blck- uy t Is tlmc she wnn II, aid tw id, Tllb I'nw ltconcrrllclf dilly ~11th pro.
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, . , , . 6hc bell 2 vcd. to be odoptcd. .
trclln8 hcr molhcr. Cltone mmplnlttrd.
Own ignor*'
wantd to know;. She,wns rlghl, sr It turncd out. whl'e
I )ys. "I Just wsnlrd lo know. lor rcnl,' "Shc'n the one who stsrtcd tllc
nlny* lor a In
uh plff= 01 pnFero informallon about hurnc. Thcn she wna plord niri's wholc thing," nlte unld, nnd then adclcd,
my lllc that I hnd ncvcr gollcn!' . ,
III onolhcr nh,y nllREr In will, l,tlt,wlltl
hon'e' lh's 'Imc
prcachcr nystcm ... TIC system lurnn orountl
, What ahc hod gollcn weir blls and ;~ho acxunll~ abuacd h ~r.
nnd protrrrs hcr, helps hcr nut. tokrn
d~cccs or nha grow uu ln~a bewllderlng,. . Sh wna ukcn from that home and IC C~II,! nwny ... Thcn I, in turn, lor I
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round ol fnatcr homes. Since llcr first stnynffronl 1l1e nne of 15 u11111 she was tl, rest of my lllc llnvc to pay far It
tncmery, nlte was tronnfcrrcd lrom 18 wlth a lostcr cquple who treated hrt h3cnuac I have no rIgtlta."
homc to homc, loslcr parcnt 10 111nlcr well.
,. pnrcnl, wllhoul ever qulle knowlng Cyrll h~cnns. nttorncy lor thc Adnpwhy.
' ' . ' Nnw, afler a mnrrlagc nlid n dlvn~c~, lcrs Lll~crly Movcmcnt Annnclntlon
d~he first mcmnr(cs ... 1 just re. C h n 11 ~ Purb;llnR a aoclulogydr~rcc In (Al.MA). Is ottncklng the Ncrv York no.
member ,he but , don', Snntu nnrhnr. and trylng to grt the CI~I acrvlcca '.ow in n c~ors nction su~t
bcr tho namcn. I remember dog ,.. s"r1olk Counly Dcpartmcnt of Soclsl which t~cxlmts to go to ihr US Su-
, ~h~ two wbrc ,,lee,.. ~ Swlccn l !n ~ New York ~ b l~clp ~ hcr un. prcn~a Court.
were whltc. I don't know why 1 left.. port.
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Whllr thc rult wns IIIcd on brl~nlf 01
They wcro tcnlly nlcc to me. I dldn'l Sn fnr, lhc Sullolk Cn;tnly wcllnrc ndolrtccs, Mcann nnyr n fnvornl~lrrt,llng
1 want to leave there. 1 never kn*w why: nulhorltlcn have only added to her an: would glvc lurmcr lortcr chlldrcn thc
"I went to anothcr homc and that.: Ruinh and conluslon.
rlght to lnlormnllon now scnlnl.
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, .was the bcglnnlng of lhc trauma ..!. In January, l'hc Sullolk Cnunly 818- ~duplcc recurds nomctlrne; arc kcspl
Tlley wcra whltc. In Iacl, they wcrc [ha tt~orltlcn wrotr In Santo Dnrbnra Clly unllrr tigl~trr control thnn thorc of lor-
, ones that ankcd welfare why I wan gel- Collcgc wlth conllrmatlon lhnt Chanc 1n.r lostrr clllldrcn.
ling darkcr. Wellarc told thcm lhnl's hod ncvcr known hcr porcnts.
wl~cn Ihc race Isnu0 cnmc up - 01cy
Allur ahc wnn cut off lrcrm fc~rthrr
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Thcn, on Frh. 10. In n lclt-r In rr. Inlor~anllon by wellarc nulhorlllrs In
well llkcd in that lnmlly!' Iw nwnne to Chaac'n rcquclt for informs- SUII~I~ County. Chntr. on ndvlrc 01
tlon about hcr persotlnl ltlslory. the AI.M.4, uprote to IIIC NCW Ynrk I3urcnu
The chlld dldn't know what "Negro". Sullolk Counly Dcpnrtr?rnt a1 Soclnl or Vltnl S~n~ls~lcs and. lor ~III~ llrnt tl~nlmcant,
but, she wan tnun\d abatll her Scrvlcen shocknl hrr wJth tI~c nstcrtlnn in hcr illc, ob~nln~d a copy of lit-r comrace
by tho older chlldrcn In the lnmlly that her raclal hackground is all whlte plctc hlrth ccrtllicotc.
and, 8 Year: 01 agc..wn: trnn:lc!red cxccpt lor an Amcrlcan lndlan grcat
to anothcr home..
On tile document, whlcll is lIIIl.,,
# . grandmolhcr. ', , wllh 'vnrloun l~nndwrltl~~n acrnwlr.
'. Tho mla' workor enme lho. '
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"Our rrcnrdn Indlcatc." the irttcr o~~~~ in, jn ih,, spncc for tile nlother's
chUd Lo t'le ofnco ,lo bs plncod
I ramll~. From L1rcn mid, "lbnt nll'ol your immedlats rncc, n nqulgglt! t1,r.t Chase bcllcvr~ lo
'forharn (SIC) wcrc whllc wlth the ex- be l),,! tactrr .N'.
foalcr l~on~os riero blntk. I
crllllon 01 your matcrnnl grnndmuthrr'a
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"Fln.lly'tllcy 'come In. Thh couple , ~nottlur who, it IS rrprlml, wla an. nlrt I1 ronrrlvnbly ro~llrl Ire n 'W'.
cano Is wllh the rucloi workcr. Amcrlcan Jndlin (no trlbr Idcnllllcs- Cl~nne hnn no way 01 knnwlng fur
"I remember the -lady was real ilon)!' > aurc.
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