09-29-2013, 05:28 PM
(09-29-2013, 03:14 PM)username Wrote: Wow, Adub. That adds a whole different spin to the story. Question though. During the first two years of her life (or so), did Dusten make any attempts to claim parental rights or otherwise try to see his daughter? Did he dispute that adoption earlier on at all?
I fault him if he sat on his heels for a couple of years and suddenly decided "hey, I want my kid".
Dusten was on active military duty, stationed about 4 hours away from his home when Maldonado told him she was pregnant. He wanted to get married, she said no. From what I have read, Maldonado told him to sign over his parental rights to her since he was going to Afghan. He agreed to, but never did.
When Veronica was 4 months old he got a summons and complaint paper to sign, he did, thinking he was giving his parental rights to the mom, Maldonado. It was at that time that he found out that Maldonado had given the baby up for adoption. He immediately reacted, even tho he was scheduled to leave for Afghan in 4 days. The timing sucked. He had to go, so he turned to his parents and the Cherokee Nation to fight for his baby while he was overseas.
So, at that time, if not before, the Capos knew that Dusten wanted to raise his child, and that the birth mom had lied. Dusten Brown's fight to get his daughter back started when the baby was only four-months-old.