JMButler1728
Junior Member
State: Indiana
A friend of mine had a little girl about two and a half years ago. Over a year ago, her adopted parents convinced her that she needed to give this little girl up for adoption but that they would allow her to adopt the little girl back after she graduated from college. Conditions in this require that she pay for her daughter's needs, pay them for babysitting, and help out around the house. She still lives with her parents and has been doing this (she has been keeping copies of the checks and paperwork for the past 6 months, I believe).
The problem in this situation is this. Her parents now do not want her to be able to adopt her daughter back. They are saying that they have changed their minds. My friend does not know what to do. The situation is made all the worse in that it is an abusive situation. Her adopted mother has lost her mind and, though not institutionalized, has been diagnosed with a mental disorder and lost all of her memory for an extended period of time. There is paperwork for this as her adopted mother has been to see several counselors, psychologists, and doctors. On the times when my friend has to leave the house to attend classes, she frequently comes home to find her daughter wandering around unattended.
She wants to leave and will be leaving in a year, but her parents are saying that they will not let her take her daughter with her. What steps can she take to overturn the adoption? Even though they are telling her that they will not let her readopt her daughter, they are still requiring that she pay for babysitting and all other expenses. This has been going on for the past two and a half years. Babysitting costs $8.50 an hour. Abuse going on in the home is primarily verbal but it is also combined with some physical abuse toward my friend such as ripping her earrings out, striking her, etc. If you need any more information, please let me know. And thank you in advance for any assistance that you may be able to give me. I appreciate it very much.
A friend of mine had a little girl about two and a half years ago. Over a year ago, her adopted parents convinced her that she needed to give this little girl up for adoption but that they would allow her to adopt the little girl back after she graduated from college. Conditions in this require that she pay for her daughter's needs, pay them for babysitting, and help out around the house. She still lives with her parents and has been doing this (she has been keeping copies of the checks and paperwork for the past 6 months, I believe).
The problem in this situation is this. Her parents now do not want her to be able to adopt her daughter back. They are saying that they have changed their minds. My friend does not know what to do. The situation is made all the worse in that it is an abusive situation. Her adopted mother has lost her mind and, though not institutionalized, has been diagnosed with a mental disorder and lost all of her memory for an extended period of time. There is paperwork for this as her adopted mother has been to see several counselors, psychologists, and doctors. On the times when my friend has to leave the house to attend classes, she frequently comes home to find her daughter wandering around unattended.
She wants to leave and will be leaving in a year, but her parents are saying that they will not let her take her daughter with her. What steps can she take to overturn the adoption? Even though they are telling her that they will not let her readopt her daughter, they are still requiring that she pay for babysitting and all other expenses. This has been going on for the past two and a half years. Babysitting costs $8.50 an hour. Abuse going on in the home is primarily verbal but it is also combined with some physical abuse toward my friend such as ripping her earrings out, striking her, etc. If you need any more information, please let me know. And thank you in advance for any assistance that you may be able to give me. I appreciate it very much.