Upcoming court action
Wednesday: South Carolina Family Court will hear motions from Brown and the Cherokee Nation.Aug. 23: Deadline for Brown to contest South Carolina's order in Oklahoma court.
Sept. 4: A Cherokee tribal court will consider extending a temporary guardianship for Veronica's stepmother and grandparents, potentially claiming jurisdiction over the case.
Sept. 12: Brown to return to Sequoyah County Court for a hearing on his extradition.
Oklahoma governor declines to sign warrant to extradite Dusten Brown to South Carolina to face charge in Veronica case
Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin declined Tuesday to act
on South Carolina’s extradition warrant for Dusten Brown until the birth
father of Veronica has a chance to challenge the legality of his arrest
for failing to turn her over to her adoptive parents on James Island.
Fallin
said she had received Gov. Nikki Haley’s signed warrant seeking Brown’s
extradition to South Carolina and had spoken to her counterpart in the
Palmetto State. But Fallin said in a statement she has declined Haley’s
request to sign the warrant until Brown has a chance to contest the
action at a Sept. 12 court hearing in Sequoyah County, Okla.
“This is a difficult and sad situation for everyone
involved, and Gov. Haley is working with law enforcement, the state of
Oklahoma, and the family to resolve it as quickly as legally possible,”
said Doug Mayer, Haley’s spokesman, by email in response. “Regardless of
the varying personal opinions on this case, it is every governor’s
first priority to uphold the rule of law and that is what must happen
here. Both the U.S. and South Carolina Supreme Courts have spoken and
the governor remains committed to returning baby Veronica back home
safely.”
Brown is wanted in Charleston County on a
custodial-interference charge for failing to surrender his 3-year-old
daughter to Matt and Melanie Capobianco. He surrendered to Oklahoma
authorities on Monday but was quickly released on a $10,000 bond. South
Carolina authorities are now trying to get him back in custody and sent
to South Carolina.
The Capobiancos, expressing
frustration at the delay in reuniting with Veronica, vowed Monday to
travel to Oklahoma and retrieve the little girl, whom they described as a
“captive.” Word surfaced late Tuesday that they had indeed traveled to
the Sooner State and planned to hold a press conference in Tulsa this
morning.
A statement from Fallin’s office said she
“believes that Mr. Brown should have the opportunity to argue his case
in a court of law, and she will not act on the rendition order before
that date. However, the governor encourages both the Capobianco family
and Mr. Brown to reach a resolution outside of court as quickly as
possible.”
Read more: HERE
Capobianco Press Conference: here
Capobianco Press Conference: here
The adoption industry's ugly side Op-Ed (from NCAI)
http://www.politico.com/story/2013/04/the-ugly-side-of-the-adoption-industry-90091.html
Great Column on BlogHer: http://www.blogher.com/baby-veronica-growing
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