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

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Third Putat." Resday. a.Unlled Yms lnlernatlanal wln:' l-mma faced by mhml and adopllve parents and tbclr
star mled the news that the Rhade Island Supreme ldren. LIayd Ehabeih Fasse, Jonrna rltcr, inter-
CImn .ad rejected tbe plea of a former Knnknkecan who viewed (he tar wemen amd tbe Rhode Islano jndgc whose
gave up her Illegitlmak dnnghter for adoption 11 years favanble dcclslr was averraled last week. Tbelr storlev
ago. &ang readers rtspondlng tr the Sunday nrtfeles was faUrw.
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Fomr Kankakeean loses court bzd to Jind child *
E a ' Christine ~ndersoi, lormerly uI caring lor her. s~stem ol adopllon must be rclnlned. ern Kentucky Slate and atlcndlng 0.1 don't ~.nt to do anythh,g hpr. m n s lor the clkumstanc= of hcr
8 8 ~ &;mWmtiwai news "I felt 1 had no other alternative. I und polenUal dismption oI the adop. clures in preparatiun lor enterin): 1y.0 adoption. so that she donn't think
t t \:s put week. . wa, not woritlng and I had no place tivc hmiiy must be avoided at all nurs*i' trainln# at Jewlsh Ilwpitai in She wants to rind her daughter; I'm a tramp. Children can hurc l3lsr
Y t Her story WPI p~ckcd up by wire togo." cost." Clncinnnti. ohin. someday. "to see if she is fiettinR hu- im- of Lhcir natural parents. It
0 %mlm md curfed in a number 01 She called her lather when she The Rhode bland hl~h court Nlnl In the meantime, she don not In. mane treatment and not abused, el. damages them emotionally. Slle
neuapapcrs and radio broadcasls. found out she was pregnant (her . that mothers may not sue lor Rhodc tend lo try lo lind her dauuhtcr. ther physically, mentally or roctally. nrrdr 10 how tile truth nbout me.
3; m. ~ er~,n. a. a Lhemb+r 011. mother Is d a d a i d ICY bI.3 rmds in an attempt 10 find 1 " 1 C h Or h i i
"I sould like lor her parents lo
o~~~optire
horn= don.,
2 VC( ~ U graduate. W ~r now a SIU- Dad. If you can just let me comr naturnl childten Put UP lor adoption. But that's stepping around the law.
out..., need to srr
know , am a real Dnson. , don,t
*$dmi at college in KcotucQ. She home for a while and $lay there..." ' The courl sald adoptloo records I'd rather fio thmugh the law.
is aliVF and. know those people, but I do
InUl hc kcpl scaled lo remove "the "Society needs In cllnnge. It is
wcil.
ha$ ldcd thmwh the Rbale blnnd , llcr latl~cr ald nu.
them They may not know what in
bcow to learn something about her She wus under age, and the laws slain of ill~itima~y." slow. somcllmrs. and it's going to "I also want lo aatirly her identity say about me. I don't want la dlsrupl
ytittie &I. who wlll be 12 on April 17. permitlcd him to slh% the adoption Mrs. Anderson b work in^ at Norlb- Wte a lot of icara. alsb. I want her to understand !lie (heir lives."
8 She was not trylap to have the P'.Pe"
p mun rrcords to her, but lo ile did not want me or my baby."
t Swc could be She says. "You would have to be
a ?E J llsht lor her -,Oto,=
see if u her she daughter ~s gettln~ hu. al denland. 17. In I lhe Was mition in a corner: I was lo Un- Rhode Island judge sees problems in changing law
Lon~held kllefs mid dlonp-sbndln~ laws are The Judge says ilc considered this a good case to b forever, and no contact In the funre is'ln he
b ;{myre tnunent and 1s not ab~,? or She says she cannot blame her fa- being challcn~ed by odoptees and natural parents. test the guidelines under which mnlidentlallty . nude. Thls is the mntract made wlth the adoptive
hb baltemI...evcn b she is alive ... she lher lor the pasillon in which sile the chiel judw 01 thc Fpmily Cuurl in Rhnde Is. may he brf~ken. p~nls."
sop. found herself. hut she thlnks he could iund says. And a change in those laws could Imp. He invitt+i a11 partin to the care - the fiunrdlan lle said the ndoptlve family has a "rlxht in a
Just as it lmked an if she would have bccn tnorc undcrst~dlnn. "And ardire the way chlldrcn are placed for adoption. hc aupointd to rrprcacnt tho unknown child: the sense or wrlty and not to havc their prlvacs in.
f t u ~ the , RDode bland S u ~ r m he c I I s r e h e Judge Edward CaiIogV and a former Kanka. adopttre agency md Mrs. Anderson. . vaded."
Coun ovenurned the mllne of Judge hew I was vulncrablc. The agency Is keenn. Christine Anderson. made the national
supgcstd
)'A( the wme time. Ihe mothcr has riven thr
Edward P. Cnlio~iy. the chiel judge in the business to gel the babies news thb past week because of Mrs. Anderson's
ol the Fmlb Court in Pmvldence. away lrnm piris." efforts to be lo the gave wency, nlntart the adoutlvc ttnily to see if they up ye* w". and made a life lor her.
would nblect to a mcetlnC.
sell. To violate the conlidentlalil~ rules could
He had ordered that the child's court- She thinks soclety may be chnnglng up nearly I2 years ago.
appointed guardian be able to seek nw - "1 madc it clear if they hnd any oblcctions. the
JI few yew ago. there was Mrs. ~ndcrson. who brcnme an unwed mother pPtltion would dismissed,,, said. u.y$t: :~~$~$vemcnt to ha,.e
out the daughter's adoptive parents, much mom pressure put on n Blrl ns a trrnagcr. had ukcn her ~florla to Judfie Gai-
Ilowcvrr, the aNcncy a stay his -ds opened. 11 would rguirc ChnnKes in legis.
to see U they obJc*ed lo a visit fwm who got prqant. lody's cuurt. She wns aakln~ that records he
order from the Supreme court, and the court
intion in almost every state in the nation. It would
!dm. Andemo.
hfrs. Andcnot~ came to lllln~is and owned to e court.sppolnled fiuardlm for the child jmpardize the mechan~sm for piactng children for
She wid in a telephone lnlcrview lo Olilvt where she rccclvtrl an asso su he could rind the adoptlve parenw. SIF wanted rutmi to kwP Ihe clOsml.
Ilc said llte court bellcvfd "lhat the best tntcrcsl adoiltlon'
lmm Norlhcrn KentucW Slate Uni- cialo 01 arb dc~rce in social work. to ask thew permission lo see her natural dau~ll. or child, the was tlladc, NU^ mxny mothers unuld relessr thclr child :I
\.cnily. "They Wuld not hnvc had LO She kuan her c;lmpaih% In 1377, tcr.
tell her I nm herrcal mother." ending up hcfore Judge Gallogly. ruled in hln. Andcrson~s but th" it wns forcver. For all practical purp~ses, the lhey the child. lhelr later lo
"I did nd try to them that I lfc ruled that a court-~ppolnlcd the Mode bland Suprcnle Court overttjrncd his thCirs ('he Parents'). "If you authorize a mother to scck nut her ehlld
wuld take mY daughter from them. ~uordlun mtlld contact the dnuuhlcr's dcclslon, hlockin~ the ymardian from llndln~ thu "Thrse consldcraltons were ovcnidlng to any at a later date. ... you havc to evaluate those rights
"I wu no1 married at the llmc nl adoptlve parents lo seek ~frmisslon xirl for !he natural tnolher. dcsirrs thtt Christine had." aqainsl the other rlghls."
her birth. and at 17, was in a silu. lor Mrs. Anderson to a1 least see her in a telephone inlcrvlew. Judge Callonly told lie said the mltrt did not clesc the dour. In case llu sold the adtrplivc child has been C l m
aliM with no rllcrn~tlv~~. MY father dau~htcr. The .fo~rnal. "We had no dellnitlve $uidciin~ ul n,tnpelling rncdical reasons that would be in the "rtabillly and 3 honlc...ln tile vast malorits nf the
rmnl the adoptlon pawrs. I had no The adopllon nycncy arkni lor a lmm lhr Supreme Court as lo wi~nl would uulhnr k t interest nl the child.
carer, you have lo prolcrt lllc mother. the parents
other relatives who wanted lo help stay ol the Judae's order, and twk kc a ludce lo brtsak the scai ol conllden11;lllIy." "I [~rohahly would hare dcvided :a ihc Suprrtnt. and the chlld."
me keep her. the nlultcr to llle ilhwle Island SU. n ~ judge c said that Mrs. Anderaon had wrltlen C~lurt did," .lu~lee Galltoxly said.
ilc said. "If public pllllcy cornus lo tire w~nl
'The adoption axcncy stronltly in. prctnc Court. . . hilll, tcilinll him she wantcfl thl, ~~Pputl~lnltY lo "\\'hilr it rirv c.l~.ar rh:d I'hr~utln~'~ isvr and 4r. WIII~ ~iav in sav lhorr I~IVS sb~~lllrl irr rl'lvarnl.
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