Thirty-five year old reunited adult adoptee with over twenty surgeries – that is me.
My parents adopted me when I was 13 days old on August 7, 1974 from Edna Gladney Adoption Agency in Fort Worth, Texas.
Two high school teachers raised me. Papa taught senior level English at the same high school attended. My parents chaperoned my prom and my father sponsored my senior class. He handed me my diploma on stage at high school graduation. Yet, even with this abundant life I was given, I still never felt “complete,” as if there was still a part of me missing.
While driving me to my elementary school one morning, Papa explained to me how I was “chosen and special” and how I was adopted. I reacted positively instantly and felt from that point in my life there was something unique God had made about me.
My grandmother, Nana took the movie theatre when I was 8 years old to watch, “Annie.” A fterwards, I had many thoughts cross my mind, such as “Where is my birth mom and my birth dad? Do I look and act like them?”
I remember some of family teasing me that night after the movie as I had already memorized all of its’ music and could not stop singing one particular song titled, “Maybe”. I repeatedly sang my favorite lyrics,
Maybe in a house
All hidden by a hill
She’s sitting playing piano,
He’s sitting paying a bill
My curiosity increased over the next several years. At age fourteen, I began having horrible pain several days out of each month. Several gynecologists told me nothing was wrong and that I simply had worse cramps than some other females.
As a twenty four year old college student, I realized I could not handle this pain anymore. By that time, I had become very anemic and had still not received any diagnosis. While my college sweetheart (now my husband) and I were chatting one day, he said, “‘Chelle, I think it is time. I think you need to know your birth family’s complete medical history.”
He drove me that next week to the adoption agency. As we were about to leave, our tour guide asked me to wait a moment as she wanted to see if there were any items she could give me from my “file.” I will never forget that moment as my life then began to change drastically. She handed me a letter; my birth mom had written to me. (This note had been remained in my file for a few years as the agency waits until both birth and adoptive family members both register to meet.) My birth mom wrote that she had to have a hysterectomy after I was born and never had any other children. And it was due to her having ENDOMETRIOSIS. What’s that, I thought? I’d never heard of that disease by that point in my life. I got to know a lot about it over the next few years. She strongly encouraged me to get checked out for it. By the time of my diagnosis, my body was already in the the worst stage of it. I was my doctor?s second worst endometriosis case. (His first worst case being a lady who was twenty six years older than me). The doctor explained to me how the disease had spread into many parts of my body, including intestines and ovaries. He said he believed this occurred due to me having it for at least ten years with no diagnosis nor treatment.
The adoption agency had many stipulations for the reunion process. My birth mom and I were permitted to write letters to each other, but only as long as they were sent almost anonymously through the agency. We could only sign one single name we each could choose. My choice was “Chelle” and hers was “Suzie.” Also each of us had to pay seventy-five dollars for a counseling fee and were required to attend at least one session (if not more) before they would decide when we were ready to meet. At that time, I had been waiting on my tax refund to use for it as I did not have much money and explained this to my birth mom in one of my letters. The agency refused the offer my birth mom had given them to pay for my fee anonymously. She then went through another method and found someone who helped her in the search for me. She gave her helper any information she had gathered about me; a 24 year old female student named Chelle attending college. She guessed that maybe I attended a public university in Texas.
One of my close friends worked at the front desk of my dormitory on Tuesday night before Thanksgiving. Kazu told me there was someone calling for me and asked if I wanted to accept the phone call at the desk, and I accepted it. Since I had been waiting for my English professor to call me back about a research paper, I assumed it would be her. “Hello, this is Suzie” were the first words I heard. I began shaking as I realized it was my birth mother. I hurriedly apologized and asked if I could call her right back from my dorm room. As we conversed for awhile, I discovered she lived only an hour from my university. That very night, her husband and she met David and me on campus. We spent several hours together and formed a bond instantly.
Endometriosis caused many complications as it weakened my immune system. I have had over twenty surgeries since age 24, such as laprascopies. At 29 years old, I had a hysterectomy. My husband and I decided at that point in our lives that we would adopt whenever we are ready for a family.
For major holidays, such as Thanksgiving, Christmas, and my birthday, we celebrate about a few times during that week with my adoptive and birth family. I love my life and I have no complaints. All of my experiences with my surgeries as well as being reunited with my birth family have humbled me.
Although it was difficult for my birth mom, she understood and helped me find my birth father. After my reunion with him, I met his other children. I have two birth brothers and birth sister. And all of us have gotten along very well. It amazes me how we do after not knowing each other for 20 years or more but we do and we keep a relationship. I also gained not only more parents and siblings, but also nieces, nephews, and one grand nephew. David and I are godparents to my birth brother, Josh’s daughter. So not only do we have “Pumpkin” as our niece, but also our goddaughter.
She was the first baby I have known from day one in my birth family. L ooking like someone else in the same family was a foreign concept to me before then. Even now, sometimes I find myself staring at a birth family member and compare our similarities.
When Grandpa Kelly died, this was the first death I experienced through my birth family. I had a relationship with him for two years. I wrote a poem and read it at his eulogy:
“GIVEN THE CHANCE”
by ‘Chelle
Two years ago, I was given the chance
The chance to meet a man
Who I never knew before
He accepted me into his life with open arms
He treated me as his own granddaughter
He was my birth grandfather
Now, I grieve for the loss of Grandpa Kelly
Today, I am given another chance
A chance to share, celebrate, and remember him
As I reflect upon the memories,
I recall the similarities
Between him and me
The same looks and the same taste
We both could be proud of our thick and wavy hair
as well as how much chocolate we could eat
It amazes me after only knowing this man for two years
How easy it could be to love him instantly
I have no doubt Grandpa Kelly loved me
He always treated me with respect
and as a part of the family
He was there for me in my many times of need
At the end of his time, I was given one last chance
The chance to hold Grandpa Kelly’s hand and tell him,
“Thank You” for always having loved me.
Here are some video comments from my biological parents and siblings, best friend, and husband:
Please Help Me To Release My Daughter From The States Capture.
The State Has No Right to Severe The Ties Between Siblings, When The State Allows For Two Siblings To Live With The Parent, While Placing One Up For Adoption.
Please Help Me To Release My Daughter From The States Capture.
Siblings separated by the state.
Divorced with a family of three children, when my rights were terminated to my third child.
The St. Louis Family Courts left me with my other two children while putting my third one up for adoption after taking her from the other parent while she was in his care and custody that the courts allowed.
Judge Caroylnn Whittington put the child in the home of the other parent, whom the state would then take her out of and put into foster care.
Judge Melvynn Weisman did the termination of parental rights.
Judge Susan Block did the adoption.
Appeals court Judges Lawrence E. Mooney P.J. Paul J. Simon and Sherri B. Sullivan, J.J. would throw out the appeals or dismiss it.
Guardian Ad Litim Margaret Donnelly.
Family of three children that consist of one brother & two sisters while the youngest one of the three was selected out by the state of Missouri for a crooked court games, lies, fabrication, and creating and using allegations that were laid out in front of them by the other parent as a guide for them to begin a case out of.
The court counselors and professionals of the community accused the other parent of being dangerous, abusive, and could not be trusted, yet not only did they allow the other parent instant custody, they also used his false allegations to make a full blown case out of that lead to my third child’s unlawful adoption.
This case was under the watchful eye of Guardian Ad Litim Margaret Donnelly.
The state of Missouri dressed my daughter in a costume shortly after they took her from the other parent.
They began to photograph her after claiming that they had reason to take her from the other parent when they were the ones who gave the other parent the custody in the first place.
They put her into a temporary foster home, while a couple who was a foster to adopt home came around looking for a child to adopt and found my daughter in the temporary foster home.
The state of Missouri then removed my daughter and placed her once again in another home, this time a foster to adopt home.
They used their programs on me, not to reunite me with my daughter but to instead use to stall for time in order to procure an unlawful termination of parental rights act of law.
The termination of parental rights document contains perjured statements signed by Judge Melvyn Weissman.
They used their programs to stall for time, to carry a case to the end for their dillusion that they severed a bond between a child and parent due to (their fault in keeping her in their system in the first place).
The bond was never severed and I have proof of that as well.
My child has been adopted based on a grand illusion created by the courts themselves. They created a case, and then groomed it in order
to achieve the unlawful adoption of my third child.
They used statements in the termination documents such as, “she failed to complete their programs” to terminate my parental rights, when in fact, the truth is, as stated in the court transcript, the court appointed counselor testified that she did not recommend that the Mother continue in individual counseling sessions. (Proof is in the transcript)
The social worker testified that she was the one who stopped the joint counseling which means that was her fault. (proof is in the transcript)
They outright lied and said that the Mother did not pay into the system for the child’s care, when I have every last receipt of payments made to them still till this very day.
(That is in the transcript too along with my shown paid receipts)
They said the Mother lacked adequate housing, when in fact I owned my house while they were putting liens on it trying to take it from me and my children. The proof is in the courts records.
Then a whole panel of appeal judges agreed to this bogus kidnapping of my youngest child after the termination of parental rights was appealed.
MISSOURI JUDGES AGREED TO A BOGUS ADOPTION.
I still had custody of my other two children when these judges committed their big scam to use my family and my children to feed of off.
Judge Mylvyn Weisman did the act of terminating my parental rights.
Court Psychologist Lisa Emmenggar who lied on the witness stand and said there was no bond left between the Mother and child.
Court Appeals Judge Lawrence E. Mooney, P.J., Paul J. Simon and Sherri B. Sullivan agreed with this act by either throwing out the appeals or dissmissing it.
Judge Carolynn Whittington was the one who originally set the child up in the home of the individual whom they would later use what they already had reported to the courts to use as their reason to take the child from the individual whom she gave custody to in the first place.
Guardian Ad Litim Margret Donnelly took over the case and finished it off till the end while Judge Mylven Weissman signed any and all documents that were put in front of him, not caring if their were lies written before him or not.
The social Worker, Becky Price testified that she signed a document knowing there was a lie written in it, this can be seen in the court transcript as well as a submitted letter presented as evidence.
This letter read that she was instructed by Margret Donnelly not to put anything in writing.
The purpose of that letter was a response to my request that they would let me know what more I needed to do to get my daughter back sense I finished and competed all that was asked of me to do.
Their response was not to put anything in writing to let me know,
Then they created a lie on the termination of parental rights documents, stating that the Mother failed to complete their programs.
Then Judge Melvynn Weissman just signs his name to a document knowing that I finished my programs.
Judge Melvynn Weissman also knew that I made many request by letter requesting that they let me know what more did I need to do sense I finished everything that was asked of me knowing that I was ignored for a long time and then responded to by stating that they were instructed to not put anything of this matter in writing.
My daughter is adopted based on a series of perjured statements committed by the St. Louis Family Courts who are still harassing me till this day in order to continue their big cover up.
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She was lined up and instructed to stand up against the wall with the other children, while standing in a long line, as she watched the court officials take two children in to a room where they would be adopted two at a time by Judge SB from the St. Louis Family Courts who’s been noted in news articles along with Judge MW who terminated my rights, for their support with an event called Adoption Fair Saturdays.
My other daughter, who was there to visit her little sister took the picture of the three of us.
When terminating parental rights, the courts must address the issue of a parent being “unfit” in order to rule for a termination of parental rights.
Named Judge CW, Judge MW, to include a panel of appallent judges totaling 4 to 5 appallent Judges from St. Louis, Missouri who all failed but succeeded in upholding each others wrongful rulings of a wrongful termination.
These Judges skipped right over ruling me to be an unfit parent while working towards covering their unlawful acts by using power in numbers by calling on many family court state officials to support their actions while ignoring the truth.
They used bully tactics in the family courts to torture me and my children where we were forced into emotional torture, through constant separating, the children were forced into forced separation trauma twice a month or more, I was set up with schemes and plots by the state officials of the family courts, to include, Dr. LE
Play Therapist, SK, Social Worker, BP,
Gardian Ad Litim,MD, Judge MW, among others who participated along the way.
They all teamed up together to attack my natural bond with my daughter by setting up props in the visiting rooms, such as rocking chairs and magazines that they placed in the visiting room, among other plots to create their theory that there was not bond between me and my daughter.
The foster to adopt warehouse of Missouri, also ploted with the state of Missouri, by creating and writing up false letters to the judge.
These foster to adopt people wrote letters without even stating that they interviewed me, or even knew of me in any form other than receiving third party information.
They used me to get federal funds to support their programs while using their programs to stall for time so they could use the “time law” to wrongfully terminate my rights.
The judges from the appellant courts did not even see or meet me when
making their rulings to support Judge MW’s wrongful and cruel ruling to terminate one child from her natural family members of three to include a sister and a brother and myself.
My other two children were attending school and living under my roof, under my care and custody when MD, Missouri State Representative recommended that my rights be terminated.
Judge MW agreed to MD’s recommendation by signing the paper of termination of parental rights.
They never even addressed the topic “unfit” while having full awarness that I was still caring for my other two children.
These judges from the family courts and the appellant courts, still remain on the bench or they are still working within the system today.
All of our leaders in the state of Missouri walk away from this case as though it never happened assuming that I will just go away as long as they continue to ignore me.
They show absolutely no concerns of anykind for my daughter. The state continues to hold her by illegal servitude without concern or any attempts to return her.
After the visits at the state DFS office were over, my older daughter and son, including myself, were allowed to leave together and go home.
The Social Worker would transport my youngest child back to Foster Care.
At the end of the court ordered visits, all three children had to suffer the emotional trauma of becoming separated.
The reason it was so traumatizing to the children is because the older two children were in question as to why their own Mother was not being told as to where these strange people where taking their sister.
It was not like she was going to a babysitter and we all knew where she was, it was like a repeated kidnapping every time by someone who was keeping her in a secret place.
The youngest daughter was dragged off by a social worker’s hand, while she had to watch her other two siblings get in the car with her Mother to go back home.
As the social worker drove away with my youngest daughter, we could always see my daughter pressing her face up against the window pane of the social worker’s vehicle trying to get as close to us as she could while the social worker drove her away from us.
The children were expected to play together in a office room.
The room was the size of a small office that had various types of chairs.
There were empty wooden shelves, with some toys on the floor.
The children would always end up playing on the dusty floor.
My heart would just break into every time watching the hour quickly go by knowing what the children were going to face at the end of the visit.
The social worker always threatened if I ever tried to voice my opinion regarding my children that she would have the judge put my daughter up for adoption making it to where I could never express my feelings or concerns.
She often said this in front of the children.
The photo above was taken moments before one of the many one hour visits was just about to be over, although the children did not know it at the time their photo was taken.
The social worker named (BP) would always grab my daughters hand and pull her away from her brother.
The children became upset every time, with my son pulling on my shirt, demanding that I tell him where that lady was taking his sister.
You could hear my daughter screaming out, no! no! as the social worker forced her to walk down the hallways and out the door.
There was a rocking chair among many others in the small visiting room.
The court appointed psychologist LE who testified that I, the Mother rocked my little girl to sleep during one of our one hour visits, therefore there was no communication between the child and Mother which indicates that there is no bond between the Mother and child.
This is in the court transcripts.
The state had it set up to where they would continue this act until the 15 months were up which carried out for two years.
They used the “time law” to terminate my rights to my youngest child by stating that since they severed the bond between the mother and child there was no reason to return her.
I was allowed to keep two of my other children ( age’s 7 and 15 ) in my care and custody with out any demands by the same individuals who terminated my rights to my youngest daughter who was age (5).
Should this be allowed in the United States to use these reasons to terminate a non-offending divorced parent’s parental rights of their child?
Read below the listed items that are stated on my termination of parental rights court document used by the State Officials to terminate my parental rights from my youngest child.
Judge MW from the St. Louis Clayton County Courts made this ruling of termination of parental rights.
1; Due to the amount of time the child has been in the system, the bond has slowly diminished, leaving no reason to return the child to the Mother.
Note: (the courts used the time law to their advantage by using their federally funded programs to stall for the time they needed in order to use the time law)
2; There was no evidence presented that the Mother suffers from a mental condition which cannot be reversed which renders the Mother unable to knowingly provide the child the necessary care, custody and control.
Note: (the courts could have turned this around easily and said that the mother had a mental illness, but the fact is I did not have a mental illness and they did not even have to say that I had a mental illness to terminate parental my rights)
3; There was no evidence presented that the Mother suffers from a chemical dependency which cannot be treated and which prevents her from consistently providing the necessary care, custody and control for the child.
Note: (the courts could have easily said that the Mother suffered from a chemical dependency, but the fact is that I did not suffer from a chemical dependency and they did not have to state that the Mother suffered from a chemical dependency to terminate my rights)
4; There was no evidence presented that the Mother has committed any severe or recurrent acts of physical emotional or sexual abuse toward the child or any other child in the family.
Note: (the courts could have said that the Mother has committed abuse, but the facts are that I never did commit any form of abuse and they did not have to state that I committed abuse to terminate my parental rights)
My termination of parental rights shows you that the courts do not even have to find you as an abuser of any kind to keep your child.
Also, if they want to, they have the freedom of writing what ever they want to about you if they feel its necessary for terminating your parental rights.
The juvenile courts are free to write anything without question and this is a very serious situation here when we are talking about making decisions on a child’s life.
After the state terminated my rights, the family courts claimed they shredded my files.
Social Services blacked out sections of my files with a black marker and sections of the files were deleted.
A suspected killer has more rights in America than a falsely accused parent.
A person suspected of murder gets a fair trial, verses a falsely accused parent.
A falsely accused parent’s rights are violated in secrecy behind the juvenile court doors, without any due process or a fair trial.
A fair trial is held in the criminal courts, but not in the juvenile courts where you can loose your child without ever being convicted of child abuse or adjudicated.
According to their own statements which you can hear in the video on this petition, is a phone message that was left for me by the family courts informing me that they shredded the documents to this case.
They also sent a document confirming the phone message.
After the unlawful act was committed, they tried to make it difficult for me to file any court action either by blacking out sections of the files, or by shredding them.
They waited till one Halloween day to take my daughter.
Immediately, after the state took my daughter the state officials dressed her in a Halloween costume and even put lipstick on her.
Not showing any concerns for my daughters emotional state of being, the state officials made her stand around and pose for their camera.
They began to photograph her as soon as they placed her in their vehicle.
I found these pictures that were taken of my daughter by the state officials.
These photos were taken shortly after they took her, after they dressed her in this costume.
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I owned my house for seven years before the state got involved.
After the St. Louis, family courts had my daughter in their state care, I discovered that two state Guardian Ad Litems were holding liens to our house whereby both of their names were attached to our house at the same time, while the court officials made court rulings that the Mother lacked adequate housing as a reason to terminate my parental rights.
The St. Louis Family Court, Child Protection Services, the Court Appointed Guardian Ad Litems, and the CASA Advocacy Group of the St. Louis Family courts, did the ultimate damage to her, denying her from her own mother, sister, and brother who still remained to together as a family unit.
I learned that the state granted full custody of my daughter to a newly divorced single man, along with several other little girls that were also adopted out by the state.
Also, the judge that granted full custody to a once newly divorced single man, (named Judge CW) is the same judge who handled the case before the state took her.
This is a photo of my daughter while she was being shuffled around from one foster care home to the next until the state found someone to adopt her for the bonuses and rewards.
Now the man who adopted my little girl receives state subsidies for her, when she has a Mother who does not need state subsidies to care for her.
My rights were terminated based on the time law, and the natural bond.
The Court Officials and Child Protection Services had to find other reasons to terminate my rights, because I was the non-offending parent.
If Child Protection Services returns the child to the non-offending divorced/single parent, what kind of financial incentive is there for the state?
There are no financial incentives for giving a child back to the divorced/single non-offending parent, that’s why my little girl is not with her family today.
Please help us to return her back into her own home, with her real Mother, brother and sister who love and miss her.
Mother of three, still have two, while missing one,
Never in my wildest nightmares did I ever think that something like this would happen to me. I didn’t think that it really happened to any father who wanted to raise their child. When my daughter Peyton was adopted without my consent I went through a roller coaster ride of emotions and still do to this day. I felt hopeless, helpless, and still have a lot of hatred towards her mother for doing this.
Lawyers that I’ve spoken to haven’t been able to offer much guidance and don’t seem to know just how to handle this situation any more than I do. Not that I have the resources to hire an attorney for a lengthy legal battle, but I’d at least like to know what possible options that I do have, and how to proceed from here. I’ve thought that maybe I could do some of the work myself, but still don’t quite know what to do or who to talk to.
One of the things that has been the most surprising to me is how common this exact scenario is. After doing some research online I discovered that there are many other men out there that have lost all rights to their child unwillingly and with no consent given. The road to reunification seems nearly impossible without truckloads of money for legal fees. I even read about a man who took his custody case the whole way to the supreme court and lost. What the HELL? I have yet to read about a man who’s child has been placed for adoption without his consent and has re-gained custody.
So I decided to start this thread to gain your experience. What’s your story? How have you been affected? What did you do? Please comment.
As I continue to research illegal adoptions and adoption fraud I’ve noticed that a common denominator in these stories such as my own is the stage on which they take place. The state of New Jersey is a common setting for these types of cases. Out of the many stories of fathers being denied their parental rights without consent, there is one that stands out. It’s the story of David Archuletta.
I stumbled across a post that he made as a guest blogger at http://ouradopt.com/. Our GuestBlogger today is David Archuletta, the father of a wrongfully adopted son.His son was placed for adoption by his girlfriend; he was told that the baby was stillborn and not his. The child was his and now David is devoted to adoption reform in the U.S. He has published a book: “Odyssey of an Unknown Father: The Complete Book on Wrongful Adoption.” To date he has yet to see his child.
I am sure that the adoptive parents of my son are aware of me. Years ago I had nothing but respect for them. I now question their ethical and moral standing. Although they passed along the evidence of the fraud in their adoption of my son to their adoption attorney, did they persist in seeking out the truth about the extortion letter sent by the birthmother of my son?
Furthermore, were these adoptive parents told about additional evidence or adoption fraud received from a well respected Pueblo, Colorado doctor? This evidence was sent a mere two days after my son was born.
The most important question of all in my opinion is if these adoptive parents care about possible hereditary medical issues that their son could have; medical issues that could have been treated by way of preventative medicine therapy?
I had always reasoned that the adoptive parents gave the lawyer the extortion letter in order to find out the truth. I am now convinced that these parents were not unlike the lawyer – they wanted the truth buried as soon as possible, and four days before Christmas 2001 they did just that!
On October 20, 2000, Ben and Suzy, the adoptive parents, named my son Joseph and became complicit in the legal kidnapping of this newborn child. All the evidence proves my accusations, and these adoptive parents’ lack of interest and ensued silence reinforces my point that they wanted “a child by any means.”
David has written numerous articles online detailing the specifics of his case as well as the many flaws of New Jersey’s adoption code.
David’s book can be purchased at Amazon.
Hi Peyton, It’s your first Christmas and I miss you so much. I hope that someday soon we find each other. I decided to start writing to you here on this blog hoping that someday you’ll be able to read these letters and you’ll know how much you are loved by your father. My name is Anthony Jack. I want you to know that you are what keeps me going most days, the hope of one day holding you in my arms. I’ve seen pictures of you and you look like such a happy baby. I’m glad that you’re being taken good care of but wish that you were here with me on this Christmas morning. There’s a present for you under the tree. It’s a little rocking chair with your name on it. Maybe someday soon I can give it to you. I’m trying my hardest right now to find you and get custody. But in the meantime just know that you are loved and missed by your daddy. I’ll keep in touch with you here from time to time on this blog. Merry Christmas Peyton! Love Daddy.
Hello, thank you for taking the time to visit Peyton’s Story. My name is Anthony. This is a story about my daughter Peyton. I’m hoping that one day soon it has a happy ending. I’ve never seen my daughter in person, held her, kissed her, or had the chance to tell her how much that I love her. Not because I abandoned her or didn’t want her, but because I was never given a say in the matter.
Peyton was born January 13th 2009 and was placed for adoption that same day. Her mother Inderia, apparently had an adoptive couple lined up the last few months of the pregnancy and never included me in the decision. According to two of her own sisters she received $5000 as payment for our child.
I was notified by Inderia in late January of 2009 that she was born and that she had been placed. According to Inderia it was an open adoption and she could regain custody of Peyton within the first year if she chose to. She insisted that she would only pursue this if we were to get back together as a couple and used this as leverage against me to follow her every beck and call. I highly doubted that this was true but continued to deal with her nonsense because she was receiving baby pictures from the two men that had adopted Peyton. Inderia also claimed that she was given visitation a few times per year and I had hoped that I could convince her to let me go with her. As time went on I grew increasingly impatient with Inderia’s lies and manipulation regarding my daughter. I came to believe that there were no visitations at all and that I was being played. I decided that I had enough and stopped speaking to her at all.
Armed with the little bit of information that I was able to get from her I started talking to attorney’s about what I could do. Most only gave me advice as to what I should have done which was extremely irritating. With little resources I was unable to find any competent attorneys that would even give me the time of day. So with the advice of a friend I made an appointment with the local Neighborhood Legal Services. I wish that I never would have wasted my time. Not only were they of no help whatsoever, but they actually had the nerve to twist the facts around and somehow blame me for the events that had taken place.
I was very upset at this point and started to lose hope that I would ever find Peyton. I would even try to forget about it because the thought was just to painful, and the anger that I had towards her mother was like poison in my soul. I woke up one morning even more upset than usual about the whole situation. I started to talk to my room mate about it and she asked me if Inderia had a facebook account. I didn’t see how that would help at all, but her question gave me the idea to search for the adoptive parents online. I had tried before with no success. In case you didn’t know it there are a whole lot of people named Mike! After being glued to the computer for about 9 hours straight I was able to find a profile of one of the parents that matched the picture of the two men in the photos that Inderia gave me! This profile pic also revealed the town that they live in. Now with their first names and the town that they live in I was able to find even more information about them online, and even more pictures of my daughter!
I was afraid of contacting them directly and scaring them off so I decided to wait and hire an attorney. I figured that since I had done all of the heavy lifting that I would surely find someone who would be willing to work with me. This has not been the case. That’s why I’m writing this story. I’m hoping to raise awareness about this situation and hopefully find the help that I need. Please help me by sharing this story on your favorite social networking site. There are convenient buttons at the bottom of this post to help. Also please feel free to leave a comment maybe sharing some advice or your own story.
