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| Dusten Brown and his daughter, Veronica.
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Dusten Brown continues to fight for his daughter; the Capobiancos dig in deeper
Adoptive father John Roberts: Not impartial in the Baby Veronica case
Baby Veronica, now nearly four, will be taken from her natural father and returned to the couple who want to adopt her, Matt and Melinda Copabionco of South Carolina, following a 3-2 decision today by the South Carolina Supreme Court. Her natural mother, according to her attorney, is "over the moon."
This comes only weeks after a decision of the U.S. Supreme Court that held that Dusten Brown, and his daughter, Veronica—both citizens of the Cherokee Nation—were essentially not protected under the Indian Child Welfare Act. After that ruling, Brown attempted to adopt his own daughter in Oklahoma, where he has been living with her for the last 18
