Bad facts make for bad law. It’s an old saying around legal circles that’s proven itself correct far too often to not still be hanging around. Put simply, when the facts of a case are heart-wrenching, judges, being only human, sometimes … Read the rest
Archive for the ‘Adoption’ Category
Indian Adoption Case Shows Supreme Court Divide on Parent’s Rights
Thursday, April 18th, 2013 by Robert Franklin, Esq.National Putative Father Registry: A Bad Idea Promoted by Adoption Lawyers
Friday, March 29th, 2013 by Robert Franklin, Esq.Sigh. Journalists are so incurious. Why did they go into the profession of journalism if not because they value facts and the communication thereof to others? It’s hard to know, but so often articles we read in major publications … Read the rest
Salt Lake Tribune: Utah’s Adoption Law ‘Encourages Fraud’
Sunday, February 24th, 2013 by Robert Franklin, Esq.Finally. It looks like the State of Utah may be moving in the general direction of sanity when it comes to fathers’ rights to their children and children’s rights to their fathers. Read about it here (Salt Lake … Read the rest
Utah High Court Greenlights Terry Achane’s Custody of Daughter
Wednesday, January 23rd, 2013 by Robert Franklin, Esq.Terry Achane won another battle in his fight to gain custody of his daughter whom the child’s mother, a Utah attorney and the Adoption Agency of Choice in American Fork, Utah, attempted to traffic for adoption. They almost succeeded. … Read the rest
Government Assault on the Family Threatens Social Welfare
Sunday, December 9th, 2012 by Robert Franklin, Esq.So, I was reading this article the other day (Salon.com, 11/25/12). It was re-posted from the website The New Inquiry that seems to suggest certain anarchist leanings although there’s no philosophical coherence I can see. Whatever the … Read the rest
Another Father Stops Utah Adoption of His Child
Thursday, December 6th, 2012 by Robert Franklin, Esq.A Utah trial judge has stopped an attempted adoption dead in its tracks. In his 48-page opinion, Judge Darold McDade slammed the adoption agency and would-be adoptive parents saying he was “astonished and deeply concerned” about their behavior. The … Read the rest
Utah Adoption Agency Crisis and Army Drill Sergeant Terry Achane
Tuesday, December 4th, 2012 by Michael Sherron
Several media outlets tonight are reporting that a Utah Adoption Agency has allegedly helped adopt out a female child of a Army Drill Sergeant named Terry Achane. Fathers and Families gets contact from many unmarried fathers across the United … Read the rest
Florida Dad Ramsey Shaud Stops Utah Adoption of His Child – For Now
Thursday, November 29th, 2012 by Robert Franklin, Esq.Ramsey Shaud finally caught a break. He’s the Florida man who’s been fighting a Utah adoption agency and Utah courts to stop the adoption of his daughter and gain custody of her. He’s been at it for three years, … Read the rest
Texas Man Stops Daughter’s Adoption, Barely
Friday, October 19th, 2012 by Robert Franklin, Esq.A Texas man stopped the adoption of his daughter, but still plays second-fiddle to the couple who tried to adopt her. They have custody; he has visitation rights and pays them child support. Apparently, so does the mother who … Read the rest
Mom Tried to Kill Baby, Dad not Contacted
Friday, September 28th, 2012 by Robert Franklin, Esq.The more things change, the more they remain the same. This story proves the rule (Houston Chronicle, 9/15/12).
Amy Woodard-Davis was born in Kansas City in 1971. Her 16-year-old mother gave birth to her in her bathroom, … Read the rest
