Couple fight to keep adopted son, 3, ‘ripped from only family’ he’s known

The attorney for an adoptive couple has asked the state Supreme Court for review after an appeals court found their son's birth father's parental rights were wrongly terminated. (MLIve File Photo) Emily Lawler | MLive.com

GRAND RAPIDS, MI – An adoptive couple’s attorney said a state Court of Appeals ruling poses a potential threat to children who are given up at birth under Michigan’s Safe Delivery of Newborns Law.

Her clients have cared for – and eventually adopted - a 3-year-old boy after his birth mother surrendered him at the hospital at birth.

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