“Please! I Just Need a Happy Ending!”
I was recently in court for an adoption hearing. I am adopting my step daughter so we needed the hearing to establish the identity of the father and then terminate his parental rights.
The hearing went great, the “father” didn’t show but called the court in advance to let them know he wasn’t contesting, and the judge ruled in our favor.
The craziest part was when the judge was basically pleading with us to hold the final adoption hearing because they have very few happy moments in their courtroom and most people just do everything by mail.
I wasn’t planning on it, but we may actually have the hearing just for the court staffs benefit. Story credit: Reddit / Quibert