| Strangers to the Blood Contributor(s): Greenfield, Henry (Editor), Demartino, Jean (Author) |
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ISBN: 1479321524 ISBN-13: 9781479321520 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $12.34 Product Type: Paperback Published: October 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Law | Child Advocacy |
| Physical Information: 0.73" H x 5.51" W x 8.5" (0.89 lbs) 350 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In a highly controversial and publicized custody case, Jean DeMartino and her husband Nick battled a birth mother who revoked her legal surrender to a prominent New York adoption agency. After personally delivering the child to foster care, the mother changed her mind after the infant girl was already with adoptive parents in a loving home. The birth mother apologized to the court for any trouble her flip-flop caused. The court's decision to return that baby began a legal struggle that traversed the New York then Florida courts and finally the United States Supreme Court. Jean DeMartino, Lenore's adoptive mother, relates heartaches and emotional upheavals a family endures when judges overlook "the best interests of the child." |