The U.S. Supreme Court sided with a South Carolina couple in a child custody battle over a girl of Native American descent known as \u201cBaby Veronica.\u201d In the next-to-last day of its term, the court decided 5-4 that the federal law her Cherokee biological father had used to gain custody did not apply. The decision sends the case back to lower courts, where Veronica’s prospective adoptive parents will continue to battle to get back the girl they raised for the first 27 months of her life.<\/p>\n
In January, 2010, Veronica’s birth mother, Christina Maldonado, learned she was pregnant. She was engaged to the father, Dusten Brown, but later called off the marriage. In a text message, Brown told Maldonado he would not pay child support and would rather give up his parental rights. Maldonado decided she would put the baby up for adoption.<\/p>\n
Melanie and Matt Capobianco, a married South Carolina couple, were (more…)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The U.S. Supreme Court sided with a South Carolina couple in a child custody battle over a girl of Native American descent known as \u201cBaby Veronica.\u201d In the next-to-last day of its term, the court decided 5-4 that the federal…<\/span><\/p>\n