10-03-2013, 01:09 PM
(10-01-2013, 12:41 AM)Adub Wrote: In the baby veronica case? Christy Maldonado contacted the adoption agency 4 months before the baby was born. No excuse for her not to tell the father that she was going the adoption route. None at all. Except that she might loose the big pay out of selling her baby to the Capos.
I think that Dusten Brown made mistakes. Even in his public letter that he released back in July, he seems, to me, to have been more concerned with getting Christy to marry him than with the upcoming birth of his child and making sure that he and his family were in the picture. He'd known Christy for a long time; he knew her circumstances with her ex-husband and two kids.
Dusten should have asked Christy about "the plan" in regards to their child; the plan that he admits she referenced in their communications prior to Veronica's birth. And, he shouldn't have signed anything, no matter what, without reading and understanding it - especially in regards to his child.
Having said that, I agree that Christy should have been straight-forward and given the bio-dad and his family a chance to consider taking custody before going through the adoption process (irregardless of the fact that bio-dad is Cherokee), unless she had reason to fear for the baby's safety and well-being with that family - which doesn't appear to be the case.
IMO, Christy likely wanted it all and felt entitled to it. She didn't want to raise Veronica. She didn't want to pay child support to another ex. But, she did want to be able to see Veronica and be part of her life at her convenience. And, she did want to make money off the deal. She got all of that in the open adoption arrangement with the Capobiancos.
I don't know how I feel about the Capobiancos. I can see them believing Christy's self-serving accounts and wanting that baby so badly that Dusten's mistakes were exaggerated in their minds. I understand them loving her right off the bat and feeling like her parents. But, if I were Melanie Capobianco and there was nothing dangerous about Dusten and his family, I think I'd have backed off when it was clear early on that he really wanted to raise his daughter and that he really loved her.
As for the adoption agency and its lawyer, it's a for-profit business. Their tactics may be seedy, but those tactics wouldn't work without bio-parents who are willing to deceive each other and I don't see where they did anything illegal.
P.s. I understand the Capos are now trying to sue Dusten and the Cherokee Nation for their court costs. The saga continues...