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The way an out-of-state adoption works, at least in Michigan, is that the final paperwork goes to the desk of an official in the county where the baby was born. And it can take about three months for it to be approved.
The final paperwork for Mae Granath, the baby girl Tammy and Nick adopted from Sarah, was just days, maybe hours, from being stamped when Tara Lee was arrested and indicted on 18 counts of wire fraud. And just like that, May's adoption was flagged as possibly illegal. Talia Getting, their lawyer, had to call them and tell them the bad news.
It was almost like telling someone who thought they'd beaten a serious illness that, no, actually, someone had misread the test results.
I was sitting at the second chair of my island, and she said to me, I have to tell you that you and a few other families may not be able to keep your babies. And I went into a straight panic attack. You're not taking my daughter back.
Tammy fell apart.
It was the worst call I've ever had in my entire life.
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