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Jinshil Duquet

Tuesday, March 5, 2013

Evanston Couple Gives Up Adoption Fight, Must Return South Korean Baby

Jinshil and Christopher Duquet have lost their bid to keep a 9-month old Korean girl whom they’ve raised since shortly after her birth.

  An Evanston couple accused of circumventing South Korea’s adoption procedures have given up their fight to keep a 9-month-old Korean girl, whom they’ve raised since shortly after she was born, Chicago Tribune reported.  The baby is scheduled to return to her native country Wednesday and will be placed with a South Korean family for adoption and not at an orphanage, Chicago Tribune reported.  Jinshil and Christopher Duquet say they could prolong the legal adoption battle with South Korea, but realized they couldn’t win, so it’s in baby Sewah Kim’s best interest to give her up now, Chicago.CBSLocal.com reported. The Duquets used a private lawyer and not a licensed Korean adoption agency for Kim’s adoption but when they arrived in the U.S…

Jennifer Wilson

7:27 pm on Tuesday, March 5, 2013

My heart is broken for you and that baby who will be forever in your heart. Thoughts and prayers for all   more ›

Monday, January 28, 2013

Evanston Couple Fights To Keep South Korean Baby

The South Korean government recently filed a motion to intervene in the Evanston’s couple’s adoption proceedings.

An Evanston couple is embroiled in a bitter legal struggle to adopt a 7-month-old girl and could be forced to surrender the South Korean baby as soon as Friday, Triblocal Evanston reported.  Jinshil and Christopher Duquet have been accused of circumventing South Korea’s adoption procedures, and the South Korean government filed a motion Thursday to intervene in the couple’s adoption proceedings, Chicago Tribune reported.  All sides agree that the Korean birth mother approves of the adoption, but the South Korean government says the girl should have had the opportunity to be adopted in Korea first, The Christian Science Monitor reported.

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