Merry Christmas all! This is Melinda, little miss baby O'Dea's grandma and I have some WONDERFUL news to post! 
Here's an article about a young man who had his child 'attempted' to be adopted out by the mormon birth mother without his consent to a momon family. He and his family battled in court and WON!
Not surprising, this fiasco was attempted with the blessing and help of the LDS Family Services. All I can say is HOW ARROGANT of LDS Family Services to take this baby and hand it to people in Utah thinking they could get away with this yet one more time. Do they really feel they're untouchable? If so they're sadly mistaken!
This 'wanna-be' adopted couple even had a story written about them in I believe a sad attempt to stir up sympathy for their plight. Sorry, no sympathy here, not when you try and use the law to deprive a birth father and grandparents of their own flesh and blood.
Click here to go to that story.
Here's where you'll find the story in the Coeur d'Alene Press that I'm going to post below, 'Adopted child returned to biological dad'. There's an online comment section underneath the story you can read and post if you like without having to sign up.
Sadly there's comments by someone all to familar to us (one who follow us around the net trying to smear our family) that are full of lies and twist. These two postings were done December 12th at 7:49 pm and December 12th at 10:00 pm. (I post under tencity on the CdA story comments)
I intend to keep my eyes on the blessing of this child being brought back to his daddy and grandparents for Christmas and not let anything or anyone interfere with or attempt to put a damper on the joy! How happy this young man and his family must be to have their little man HOME where he belongs! Oh my gosh, WE'RE HAPPY FOR THEM!! We're sooooooooooooooooo happy that justice was done in this case and this little man is coming home. WHAT A CHRISTMAS PRESENT, thank you Lord!!
Adopted child returned to biological dad
By MARC STEWART
Staff writer
Magistrate rules father never gave up parental rights to newborn son
COEUR d'ALENE -- A Utah couple is in the midst of an adoption horror story after being told they must return the baby to its biological father in Coeur d'Alene because he never waived his parental rights.
Magistrate Barry Watson ruled that Matt Tenneson, 20, be given temporary primary custody of his 5 and 1/2-month old son and ordered Jed and Cally Nielson of American Fork, Utah, to relinquish custody as soon as possible.
"It seems Matthew is amenable to learning to be a father," Watson said. "My heart goes out to the Nielsons. Hopefully, (the custody transfer) is done in the least traumatic way."
Tuesday's ruling was another legal victory for Tenneson. His attorney, Anne Solomon, argued that the adoption happened without his consent. The adoption agency, LDS Family Services, is appealing an earlier ruling that nullified the adoption.
"Matt never signed a consent to terminate his parental rights," Solomon said.
The birth mother, Cammie Knight, said she was shocked by Watson's decision.
"I still haven't come to grips with the fact my baby is coming home and we have the responsibility of taking him on," the 19-year-old Knight said. "We couldn't have done it then, and we still can't. We're going to be depending on two homes and having our parents support us financially."
Baby Knight was born last June and given to the Utah couple shortly thereafter, court records show.
Matt Tenneson's mother said her son won't be granting interviews for the foreseeable future.
"It's an ongoing case and we don't want to jeopardize that," Karen Tenneson said.
Court records indicate that Matt Tenneson stopped speaking with Knight around the seventh month of her pregnancy. Knight described her relationship with Tenneson as non-existent and that he failed to support her during the pregnancy.
"I always had to take the initiative and call him," Knight said. "He never did that for me."
Knight said she and Tenneson discussed the baby's future often and that Tenneson was conflicted on what to do. Court records show that on one occasion Tenneson suggested she get an abortion. When Knight refused that idea, they talked about adoption or keeping it.
"He couldn't make up his mind," Knight said. "It was emotionally wearing. My son needed a loving family. I still stick by my decision to give him up for adoption."
Cally Nielson told the Deseret Morning News that she and her husband are talking with their attorney to see how to handle the baby exchange.
"We're absolutely devastated," Nielson told the Utah paper in an emotional interview.
LDS Family Services handled the adoption for the Nielsons. The Mormon organization has filed an appeal of an earlier court ruling that gave Tenneson parental rights.
Knight said she picked LDS Family Services because her family is Mormon.
"I wanted the baby to have an actual home. I wanted him to have a good life," Cammie Knight said in court.
Knight said she believes Tenneson's parents are behind the custody battle,
"I think a big part of this is Matt's mother," Knight said. "She wants to be a grandmother."
Watson cautioned the grandparents about becoming the primary custodians of the child.
"I want the grandparents to support this baby, but they need to take a back seat to the parents," Watson said.