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thank you for responding to my thread. i have gotten papers for small claims court, where the couple is suing me for the money they are out. with it being small claims court, no attorneys are involved, so i dont have to worry about that expense also. the other thing that worries me, is that i want to protect my baby's privacy, and small claims is an open court, for anyone off the street to hear. i dont want her to hear someday that her mom tried to "give her away" which is what this couple is saying. i have tried to have the judge that will hear the case just review the documents first, and maybe do this in a private room, but he cannot hear anything before the acutal court date which is coming up. i mean, these people knew 2 days after she was born, i had changed my mind!! they had gotten temp custody the very next day after she was born, and even took her home from the hospital, as i was told from the hospital, and their attorney, that they had temp custody, so i had to wait until the end of that week to get my baby back, so that is okay now. but they insist i lied to them about letting them adopt. this has been a nightmare!!
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Usually if a bmother is unsure that she wants to place her child, the child goes into temporary foster care, while the decision is made. It sound to me like this couple was a little to hasty in their assumptions.
I am sure that the judge will not make you pay back expenses. As one other poster stated, this is a risk that we as adoptive parents take, when we choose adoption. As far as them spending money on items for the baby...if by some small chance the judge does ask you to pay, make sure you get those items.
I hope that the judge realizes your feelings and your daughters feelings are at stake in this, and he does this in a private session.
Glad to hear that you daughter is back with you. This is partially why we go with an agency. (At least the one we have.) We didn't see our adopted son, or bring him home until he was 9 days old. Before this he was in temporary foster care, giving the bparents time to know for sure that their decision was what they wanted.
I hope that soon this will be in the past, and you and your daughter will be able to move on.
Stephanie
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