But it appears he DOES admit her age was changed and it looks like perhaps it's going to fall on his ex-wife.Michael Barnett acquitted on all charges following neglect trial
Three years after the case was opened, a Tippecanoe County jury found a man not guilty on four neglect charges in connection to his adopted daughter.www.wrtv.com
This last part is so disgusting. Continued abuse of this girl. If they'd convinced that unfit, credulous probate court judge to adjust her DOB to 1950 would she be forced to say she's 72? It's ludicrous. The probate court effed up so she just has to agree to a (medically provable) lie forever??I still don’t understand how parents can get a child’s birth year legally changed?
Natalia Barnett testifies against adoptive father in trial alleging neglect
Natalia Barnett, with severe dwarfism, has been at the center of a neglect and abandonment case that captured international news coverage.www.jconline.com
At the defense table in the courtroom sat Michael Barnett, Natalia’s adoptive father, who along with Kristine Barnett, changed the birth year on Natalia’s Ukrainian birth records from 2003 to 1989.
As she testified Wednesday, she was either 19 or 33, but the jurors will never hear of her age, according to her birth records because the court cannot reverse the Marion County court's order that changed Natalia’s birth year.
The Barnetts adopted Natalia, a Ukrainian orphan with severe dwarfism, in the spring of 2010. Natalia's birth records indicated she was born in 2003, but two years into the adoption, the Barnetts petitioned a Marion County court to change her Ukrainian birth records, making her born in 1989. In the eyes of the law, Natalia became an adult with that court order.
Under cross examination, Michael Barnett’s attorney, Terrance Kinnard, asked Natalia her birthday, which she is required to say her birth year is 1989.
How can they change her birth year without her being able to dispute it. They adopted a child who they knew had dwarfism and accepted that her birthday was in 2003. I can’t go to another state and change my sons birthday or my own. While creating fraudulent paperwork maybe I should get a few identities. It’s fraud. It’s abuse but it’s no different than allowing people to create fake birth certificates. The want to run to Canada - keep them there. Can they be exiled?I still don’t understand how parents can get a child’s birth year legally changed?
Natalia Barnett testifies against adoptive father in trial alleging neglect
Natalia Barnett, with severe dwarfism, has been at the center of a neglect and abandonment case that captured international news coverage.www.jconline.com
At the defense table in the courtroom sat Michael Barnett, Natalia’s adoptive father, who along with Kristine Barnett, changed the birth year on Natalia’s Ukrainian birth records from 2003 to 1989.
As she testified Wednesday, she was either 19 or 33, but the jurors will never hear of her age, according to her birth records because the court cannot reverse the Marion County court's order that changed Natalia’s birth year.
The Barnetts adopted Natalia, a Ukrainian orphan with severe dwarfism, in the spring of 2010. Natalia's birth records indicated she was born in 2003, but two years into the adoption, the Barnetts petitioned a Marion County court to change her Ukrainian birth records, making her born in 1989. In the eyes of the law, Natalia became an adult with that court order.
Under cross examination, Michael Barnett’s attorney, Terrance Kinnard, asked Natalia her birthday, which she is required to say her birth year is 1989.
He is equally responsible. How did they think this would go? Is there a way she can sue or get her birth date changed back to the real one?Kristine Barnet was undoubtedly the instigator in all this but Michael is also responsible. He knew the truth and could have stopped this madness but he went along with her diabolical plan to rid themselves of their disabled kid. They did it together.
She wasn’t even allowed to state her age in court.He is equally responsible. How did they think this would go? Is there a way she can sue or get her birth date changed back to the real one?
He is equally responsible. How did they think this would go? Is there a way she can sue or get her birth date changed back to the real one?
She wasn’t even allowed to state her age in court.
I never believed she was an 8 year old when they adopted her. Adopting foreign children is risky. Many stories of bait and switch and the adoptive parents get the sickest and least adoptable.