Chapter 11 - Jason Did Not Get to Undo the Adoption Because His Mother Changed Her Mind
This became important when our marriage finally collapsed.
Jason said during one argument:
“Maybe adoption was a mistake.”
I went:
cold.
“What?”
“I was trying to help.”
“You became her father.”
“I know.”
“You don’t get to resign because your mother finds blood more convenient.”
Legally, he could not simply:
undo adoption
because the marriage became difficult.
He remained:
Sophia’s legal father.
Responsibilities.
Rights.
Child support.
Custody considerations.
All subject to:
family court
and:
Sophia’s best interests.
His biological connection was irrelevant to:
the existence of the parent-child relationship.
That fact infuriated:
Diane.
She had emotionally treated adoption as:
temporary membership.
Law treated it as:
family.
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For once, I appreciated how boring legal permanence can be.
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