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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Suellyn Scarnecchia of the University of Michigan law school took on the DeBoer case through the school's legal clinic, and defends her strategy to fight on. "People don't really understand the psychology of waiting and waiting for a child and bringing one home," she argues. "It is ridiculous to say, 'When you have a problem, give...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Adoption: In Whose Best Interest? | 7/19/1993 | See Source »

...courts being willing to shift priority away from parental rights and toward what was in the best interests of the child. That way, even if the Schmidts' claims were considered legally valid, Jessica might still remain with the DeBoers to avoid a traumatic upheaval. The approach, lawyer Scarnecchia acknowledges, was an experiment "in that it says a child's rights are paramount in a custody case...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Adoption: In Whose Best Interest? | 7/19/1993 | See Source »

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