I agree. The judge should have ruled that the child should stay with his adoptive parents. Maybe the biological father should have been given visitation rights, but the child should have not been removed from his home and parents. And, yes, the mother should face criminal charges.
What a heartbreaking story. Imagine having your two-year-old child removed from your home after you and your spouse have been raising him since he was a day old. My youngest daughter is a bit over 1 and 1/2 years old and I’d flee the country rather than give her up if they found out that there was a mix-up at the hospital or something.
This matter was before the courts essentially since the child was born.
The adoptive parents were selfish and unreasonable to not return the child to her father years ago.
How is that different for the biological father? It would be OK for him to live out his life knowing that his child was taken from him?