Doe v. Roe

Today the Court deprives a now married couple of their natural child because the mother gave an economically duressed consent for adoption and the father, prior to the birth of the child and prior to their marriage, failed to fully support the mother. This is done without a finding that the natural parents are unfit in the slightest. I think it a sad day.

The opinion of the Fifth District Court of Appeal in this case should be approved because its legal analysis is correct. As stated therein:

The key issues in this case ... are whether abandonment or desertion may be used as the sole basis to…