Interesting. Despite the fact that in America, both biological parents must consent when a child is adopted, (it really saves on all the paperwork required in the appeals process) just over two years ago, a single mother sold her infant daughter to the highest bidder in South Carolina, a family by the name of Capobianco. The little girl's father, a Native American in Oklahoma, was unaware that his ex girlfriend was planning to give their daughter up for adoption, and although he was not part of his daughter's life, was not in agreement with the adoption, so he challenged it. The reason he challenged it had to do with abuses of Native American family units by American culture in the past. The Supreme Court ruled against the Capobiancos and awarded sole custody to the father. But now, the Capobiancos are appealing, because they feel that a text message shortly after the child's birth between the biological parents somehow constitutes a termination of the father's rights! This is certainly a WTF moment in American legal history if ever there was one! Since when does a TEXT MESSAGE absolve a parent of parental responsibility?
In view of last week's sperm donor/child support case from Kansas, involving a lesbian couple who thought that a de facto "contract" wherein the non-state-sanctioned "sperm donor" was not responsible for any progeny produced forthwith, (the parties were wrong....any such contract would need to be recognized by a family law court) it seems, with the advent of court ordered child support for the Kansas sperm donor, that a text message simply might not be enough to waive parental responsibility. That said, the Capobiancos probably, and hopefully, will not get the child back. But then, one never knows. Dr. Timothy Monahan and his wife, Jennifer, of Missouri, bought a kidnapped little girl from a black market adoption agency in Guatemala several years ago, and despite pleas from Guatemalan courts, the revocation of the fake birth certificate, the revocation of the little girl's passport, and revocation of their own passports, inasmuch as Guatemala is concerned, anyway, the Monahans are planning to keep the little girl they bought unlawfully and the United States will not force them to give her back to her parents. So.....it's hard to say which way the decision concerning the Capobiancos and the child of whom they took possession without her father's consent will go.
In view of last week's sperm donor/child support case from Kansas, involving a lesbian couple who thought that a de facto "contract" wherein the non-state-sanctioned "sperm donor" was not responsible for any progeny produced forthwith, (the parties were wrong....any such contract would need to be recognized by a family law court) it seems, with the advent of court ordered child support for the Kansas sperm donor, that a text message simply might not be enough to waive parental responsibility. That said, the Capobiancos probably, and hopefully, will not get the child back. But then, one never knows. Dr. Timothy Monahan and his wife, Jennifer, of Missouri, bought a kidnapped little girl from a black market adoption agency in Guatemala several years ago, and despite pleas from Guatemalan courts, the revocation of the fake birth certificate, the revocation of the little girl's passport, and revocation of their own passports, inasmuch as Guatemala is concerned, anyway, the Monahans are planning to keep the little girl they bought unlawfully and the United States will not force them to give her back to her parents. So.....it's hard to say which way the decision concerning the Capobiancos and the child of whom they took possession without her father's consent will go.
Jennifer Monahan, of Missouri. Her only sentiment when discovering that she had taken someone else's child was probably a giant "thankyou" to the black market middleman.
The Monahans did not buy her the black market. It went through the courts. For over a year her picture was in the news in Guatemala declaring her abandoned and asking for family to step forward. Her parents claim they were looking for 5 years for her. If my child went missing, I would certainly check any source I had, including the news.
ReplyDeleteAlso, according to the 1st orphanage that had her, it was the aunt who brought her in. This aunt claimed that her sister had too many children and could not properly take care of her.
The Monahans also tried to adopt another girl, but at the embassy the DNA test came back as not matching the adoptive mother so it was canceled. When Anyeli’s mother tried to get a DNA test to prove who her daughter was, they tested the DNA, but they mixed up some paperwork so they don’t have conclusive knowledge that this sample came from her, or the 1st girl.
Also, the State Department told them back in 2011 that they wouldn’t just turn the girl over to Guatemalan authorities, but that they can come here and go to court. There have been many non profit organizations that have offered to help her and pay for her to come here and her lawyers. But instead of doing what she was supposed to, she tried to have a back room court case done in Guatemala without the Monohans being able to go their to defend her case.
How would you feel if you adopted a child from another country, and after it was finalized, and legal, and your child was 7 years old, someone claimed to be the mother, and the DNA on record was suspect, and this “mother” went to the government of her country were their was a court case without your knowledge were the courts of this country decided to take your daughter from you and where you didn’t even know about this case until it was decided.
TheCourts if Guatemala are notoriously corrupt. The DNA test was done 5 years later by Guatemalan Embassy by DNA kept for 5 years. Please, once a child is adopted they are notorious for throwing the DNA away. What happened is the supposed bio mom made such a fuss on the international news, that the Guatemalan government caved to her illogical demands, and tried to sell the Monohans daughter to her, in order to shut her up and to get the organizational that was harrasing them off their back.
By ordering the Monohand to hand over their daughter, they were saying, “here, we give up, because you have annoyed us we will steal this American child and give her to you.
If she was really the stolen child of the Guatemalan parents, why did they not come here and go to court. The state department said they were free to sue for custody. But they chose not to, because deep down they knew they had no case
I don't know who you are or what your relationship to the case is, but the court in Guatemala ORDERED Anyelli's return and CANCELLED her passport! The United States simply didn't worry about the fact that this little girl had been kidnapped and hidden from her parents, who, by the way, called the police immediately when she was taken. You are spewing misinformation and lies. I will continue to defend the truth. The ONLY reason the Monahans have gotten away with keeping a child they BOUGHT out of an orphanage run by the black market (yes, the place was shut down and people went to jail for it!) is that America did not have a Hague Agreement with Guatemala at the time! I do not know how the Monahans sleep at night. I do know, however; that Anyeli is old enough to peruse the internet and discover her real identity.
ReplyDeleteYes, there are some corrupt people in Guatemala. Have you ever wondered if that MIGHT be the reason the Monahans went there to buy a child? They could have adopted an American child, you know. Or they could have tried having another child of their own.
And oh.....I should also make one more point here, Misha: when I googled your IP, cpe-76-84-150-227.neb.res.rr.com, it was listed on a website that had this to say about yours and other comment spammers, "This is a list compiled from the last 90 days of data, showing the IP addresses and hostnames of computers on the internet who: - attempted a security exploit, usually a feeble attempt at a scripted SQL injection. - attempted comment spamming - other douchebaggery I wasn't surprised to see a large number of home cable connections here, to be honest. However, notice the section containing a bunch of mail servers. Really? What kind of admin are you if you let your mail server get taken over to this degree ? Big Phail, dude."
ReplyDeleteStop attempting to enable crime.