Friday, January 20, 2006
Father Hopefully Intervened in Time, This Time
Ohio judge halts adoption
CINCINNATI, Jan. 20 (UPI) -- A judge in Ohio has ordered a baby's adoption stopped after hearing testimony from the boy's father that the mother surrendered him without his knowledge.
Hamilton County Juvenile Court Judge Thomas Lipps also ordered Cincinnati police to investigate whether the baby was sold, the Cincinnati Enquirer reported.
The father, Glenn Spraggs, testified that he was saving money so that he could marry the baby's mother, Sharicka Watson, and provide for their two children, including a 2-year-old daughter. He said that Watson left with the baby, Thomas, while he was visiting, but he did not realize she had arranged to meet an adoption agency representative to turn over the boy.
A judge in Greene County signed an order that Watson had surrendered the baby, the first step in adoption.
Another hearing was scheduled next week.
CINCINNATI, Jan. 20 (UPI) -- A judge in Ohio has ordered a baby's adoption stopped after hearing testimony from the boy's father that the mother surrendered him without his knowledge.
Hamilton County Juvenile Court Judge Thomas Lipps also ordered Cincinnati police to investigate whether the baby was sold, the Cincinnati Enquirer reported.
The father, Glenn Spraggs, testified that he was saving money so that he could marry the baby's mother, Sharicka Watson, and provide for their two children, including a 2-year-old daughter. He said that Watson left with the baby, Thomas, while he was visiting, but he did not realize she had arranged to meet an adoption agency representative to turn over the boy.
A judge in Greene County signed an order that Watson had surrendered the baby, the first step in adoption.
Another hearing was scheduled next week.
# posted by Senior Mom @ 5:30 PM 
