@EIreland wrote:
Both said hurtful things. Both apologized. EMMA is Henry’s mom TOO. And HENRY wants to be with Emma. Because Regina is evil. Even in real world custody cases, the parent who had the problem has to PROVE that they are taking steps to change, and it isn’t just “oh yay, you did something right for a change, here’s your kid back”… And in real life, Henry would have a say too.
yeah I get that they are in some pretty extraordinary circumstance. it’s just that lately, in television shows there is this trend of birth mothers being somehow back in the adopted children life and then the birth mother just goes a-wire and think she has some sort of legal right over the child. Even if Regina was proven to be an unfit mother, Henry would not be put by default into Emma’s care. He would most likely be taken by the state and brought to Boston (They do have a bit of an unhealthy obsession with this city) where if she wanted to have a shot at being his mother she would have to apply to adopt him and being and ex-convict/single parent/rooming with another lady… I don’t think the great state of Maine would give her Henry… or any child for that matter. . By giving henry up for adoption she relinquished any and all legal rights she may have over his life. The fact that Henry went after her does not change anything.
anyway, all this to say. television is currently transporting this idea that birth mother still have some rights over their children and that can possibly scare some potential adoptive parents.