Birth Mother Wins Adoption Dispute

An Illinois County judge ruled last week that a 6-month-old Chicago baby, who was given up to a Utah adoption agency in December (see Blog Dated 1/10/2005), must be reunited with her birth mother .

An Illinois court ruled that when A Cherished Child Adoption Agency Inc. flew the birth mother and baby to Utah and placed the baby with a couple before getting approval in Illinois, it went around rules set up to protect children in domestic adoptions.

The baby's grandmother played a large part in getting the adopted child back and has vowed that she would continue to fight for families in similar situations and called for legislative changes to better protect parents from unscrupulous adoption agencies.