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Mike and Debbie Nomura, co-directors of Heritage Family Services and husband and wife (Heritage Family Services)
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Oklahoma Adoption Attorney Approves Baby Deseray Removal for Friend
Next
week, South Carolina Judge Marsh Robertson has a hearing scheduled for
the finalization of the adoption of Oklahoma-born infant, Merry Rejoice
Bixler, better known as “Baby Deseray,” in Greenville County family
court. The hearing, on Monday, October 28, comes a little over a month
after Oklahoma County Judge Allen Welch granted custody of the girl to
the Absentee Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma and ordered her return to that
state.
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In the Baby Deseray case, Indian Country Today Media Network has learned
that Nomura is close friends with Swain, who is on the board of
directors for Nomura's Tulsa-based private adoption agency, Heritage
Family Services. Nomura has been the state’s Department of Human
Services compact administrator for ICPC applications since 2008.
RELATED:
Second Indian Infant Whisked to South Carolina for Quickie Adoption
Oklahoma Judge Gives Custody of Deseray to Absentee Shawnee Tribe
Read more at https://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2013/10/25/oklahoma-adoption-attorney-approves-baby-deseray-removal-friend-151918
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To Veronica Brown
I can't take anymore. I hope Veronica grows up and becomes a lawyer and fights for the right of every child to be free of forced adoption.
ReplyDeleteMe, too, Robin.
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