The Jezebel article did a pretty poor job of laying everything out. There is way more too this case. A parent can not legally just give up all parental rights via text. There was some serious mismanagement in this adoption. Plus, the lawyer on the adoptees side is also fighting for way more then just this one case as…

http://www.nicwa.org/BabyVeronica/d… this is a fact check article published by nicwa, very helpful in separating fact from fiction and well worth a read...

Hey, so, this actually has a lot to do with race and class and I think I demonstrated that in this piece. Family law is never easy but it becomes increasingly complicated where there are transracial or cross-cultural adoptions.

The mother cut off all ties with the father; in response, he gave up parental rights and child support. That is, he thought that he wasn't wanted around the child, and rather than fight it he acceded to that with the stipulation that he not be responsible for child support since he was not allowed to be around. That's…