Family court was yesterday, the biological mother was their with her pro-bono lawyer and her priest (with whom she lives with along with his wife and a few other followers in ontario) The couple who planned on adopting her child (which was the agreement for the past 2.5 years) was there with their paid lawyer and the biological father and their priest. The father was contacted 2 1/2 years ago to sign adoption papers. When we arrived to sign the documents were were then told it was guardianship so the child could be put on the adoptee's medical plan. This was OK and the papers were signed. Later on the biological father received custody papers to sign while he was at work these were then signed and the mother took off and moved (no one not even the lawyers could find her) she tried 4 months after she gave the child up to take the child back. She lost these court proceedings. Now she brought them all back to court saying she never understood the plan was to adopt her child. Though that is what she said to the biological father when she called him the first time. During this court proceeding, the judge completely disregarded the biological fathers affidavit and the affidavits of professional doctors (the child had burns on his face when he was a baby), dentists (his 4 front teeth had to be removed because he was fed a bottle with pop and it rotted his gums and teeth), counsellors and a psychologist. Is this possible? Is the judge, and lawyers allowed to do this? Just because the biological father is not ready to be a father and does not want full custody of the child himself does that mean he has no say? Because this is what happened. The adoptees have to wait 2 years to try and adopt him again but have retained full custody and guardianship, the judge advised the biological mother not to try and take him back herself but she does have the option to try. The adoptees are very fit parents, the mother was once deemed by the judge (not the same judge) as an unfit mother. How do we go about getting the people who take care of this child the proper papers and allow them to adopt him? Or will this case never win?

[QUOTE=binx44] is the judge, and lawyers allowed to do this? [QUOTE]
The judges do what they want to do...

Yes I understand that but shouldn't the father have rights too. Instead of being completely dismissed. This court proceeding will go on. Either the mother will try again (and she is not a fit mother,this has been decided before in court. She has even left her second child {a daughter} in a home with a man she claims is abusive and was abusive towards her) so why in the world would she try for and possibly succede in taking a child who is doing much better and is happy where he is instead of trying for her daughter who is supposabally in an abusive home? Should the lawyer have mentioned this? The lawyer only mentioned things which were hearsay instead of the facts. Does this mean the lawyer doesn't care about the problem at hand and should be replaced?