IN - Couple charged with abandonment of adopted child after legally changing her age, Sept 2019 #2 *not guilty*

[imstilla.grandma]

The third installment, titled "The Final Chapter," premiered in January 2025 and focuses on her departure from the Mans family.

Ukrainian orphan Natalia Grace's adoptive parents accused her of being an adult who was posing as a child. Here's where Kristine and Michael Barnett are now.

Kristine and Michael Barnett adopted Natalia Grace and later successfully petitioned a court to legally re-age her, claiming she was really an adult.

www.businessinsider.com

 

[renah]

The third installment, titled "The Final Chapter," premiered in January 2025 and focuses on her departure from the Mans family.

Ukrainian orphan Natalia Grace's adoptive parents accused her of being an adult who was posing as a child. Here's where Kristine and Michael Barnett are now.

Kristine and Michael Barnett adopted Natalia Grace and later successfully petitioned a court to legally re-age her, claiming she was really an adult.

www.businessinsider.com

Thank you for sharing these links; I highly recommend watching this latest chapter of the series!

I really was blown away by the DePaul family. I think they are all AMAZING. I wish them and Natalia all the joy this world can hold. <3

 

[imstilla.grandma]

 

[NuttMegg]

Anyone else surprised by the last few minutes of the finale? The Mans were a little odd but she seemed to be very happy with them.

Everyone in the docudrama seems odd.

 

[NuttMegg]

Attorney issues, then she was removed from being able to even be adopted. This looked like a good fit for her.

I don't believe the knife accusations or the threat accusations.

Why?

Because absolutely the bad parents would have recorded everything and installed cameras everywhere to prove it. Most people would. These monsters recorded "everything" except lies they couldn't record and abuse they precipitated.

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I do believe the knife accusations, and all the other stuff they say she did against the other kids.
I believe it because I experienced something eerily simlar when I was about 10, and had to spend time with a family on vacation who had a kid who acted similarly towards me when his parents weren't looking. Even when I told my own parents they were astonished, yet believed me to the point of keeping me and my sibs apart from the kid, without letting a scandal develop. I will never ever forget waking in a sudden panic with him standing just a few feet from me, absolutely still, staring at me. I"ll leave it at that. One's own experiences...that's why I believe every word describing what they went through.

 

[airportwoman]

Of course a child who had experienced the things Natalia experienced, even aged 8 or so, is going to act out!

 

[imstilla.grandma]

Natalia Grace as seen in "The Curious Case of Natalia Grace."

The docuseries “The Curious Case of Natalia Grace” took viewers by storm, spurring sequels and now a new drama is reminding many about her story.

Hulu’s “Good American Family,” starring Ellen Pompeo, Mark Duplass, and Imogen Faith Reid, is billed as inspired by many “perspectives, threats, interpretations, and accusations.”

‘Good American Family’ reignites interest in ‘The Curious Case of Natalia Grace’

The docuseries 'The Curious Case of Natalia Grace' took viewers by storm, spurring sequels and now a new drama is reminding many about her story.

www.cp24.com

 

[cocomod]

I do believe the knife accusations, and all the other stuff they say she did against the other kids.
I believe it because I experienced something eerily simlar when I was about 10, and had to spend time with a family on vacation who had a kid who acted similarly towards me when his parents weren't looking. Even when I told my own parents they were astonished, yet believed me to the point of keeping me and my sibs apart from the kid, without letting a scandal develop. I will never ever forget waking in a sudden panic with him standing just a few feet from me, absolutely still, staring at me. I"ll leave it at that. One's own experiences...that's why I believe every word describing what they went through.

Do you then discount the Michael's admission that most of what they said and did was a manipulation by Kristine? He admits that they were wrong. I admit it can happen, but I believe in this case it was Kristine being a 100% lying liar that lies - and a narcissistic abuser

 

[NuttMegg]

Do you then discount the Michael's admission that most of what they said and did was a manipulation by Kristine? He admits that they were wrong. I admit it can happen, but I believe in this case it was Kristine being a 100% lying liar that lies - and a narcissistic abuser

I don't respect any of them, including the outfit that pushed them into the deal.

 

[imstilla.grandma]

 

[Gummyshoe]

I just watched the dramatized show and the documentary… all I can say is… holy crap… what is this case

 

[Dawn Day]

Do you then discount the Michael's admission that most of what they said and did was a manipulation by Kristine? He admits that they were wrong. I admit it can happen, but I believe in this case it was Kristine being a 100% lying liar that lies - and a narcissistic abuser

Michael admitted what many already believed when he said “Nobody did any of the things she said they did.” I believe this as well. He’s still as responsible as Kristine but more like she went in and robbed the bank while he drove the getaway car