Monday, August 6, 2007

Another adoption in the shadows....

Speaking of adoptions being carried out in the grey areas...what is the deal with the case over in Mississippi.

Two sisters have pleaded not guilty to charges stemming from the alleged abduction of a 5-month-old infant more than a week ago.


The two sisters are Jamie Kiefer and Rikki Swann. Kiefer is the biological mother of the infant. Her lawyer said she was "preyed upon by her ex-husband, Daniel Kiefer, who took advantage of her extreme depression to have her give up the child, who was fathered by his brother, Jimmy."

The baby went to co-workers from the restaurant where she worked...however she soon requested to void her surrender of the baby. The adopting couple didn't want to give her up...so Ms. Kiefer started to go through the courts.

For whatever her reasons, it now seems that she is accused of 'kidnapping' her own child by force from the adoptive family.

I don't see where this is going to have a happy ending...and it's just so sad. Why, oh why, does the law make it possible to transfer ownership of a child like an item at a garage sale. Seller's remorse happens in garage sales...it should NEVER come into play in an adoption.

It ought to be a celebration....not a conspiracy.

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