Proof that Dusten Brown was NEVER a “Dead Beat Dad”
There are so many people caught up and concerned about the unethical adoption and the child welfare of Miss Veronica Rose Brown.
We can debate all day about the Indian Child Welfare Act alone; issue of “blood quantums” and the Cherokee Nations and the use of the ICWA in Adoptive Couple vs Baby Girl as viewed by the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS), but let’s face it, most of that is exactly that; debate. Discussion and debate by those of us on the outside, looking in, and wondering what will be the final outcome in this heartbreaking case. Will her father, Dusten Brown, be able to use the First Nation laws available to keep Veronica home as she has been for the last 18 plus months or will the sad faced Capobiancos see a return on their investment and be able to “Save Veronica” and remove this four year old little girl from her true loving and extended family because they, a legal team, and celebrity spokespersons, were able to trick an American soldier out of his paternal rights to parent by corrupting even those who are appointed to look out for the child’s best interest??
Justice for Veronica Rose? Will it be Blood or Money?
We don’t know yet which sides the scales of justice might yet fall, though we hope that blood wins over money. Dusten Brown might not have Dr. Phil and Troy the Locator on his side with their camera crews and slippery tongues, but we do know that love and truth are with him. Ok, we know he has real love as we see it on Veronica’s smiling face, we are going to inject a bit of real truth right about …now.
Over and over again with discussion the Baby Veronica Rose Case on news articles and forums, people try to side with the Capobianco’s claim to “Save Veronica” by making comments such as:
- “Dusten Brown didn’t’ have any interest in Veronica until the First Nations were involved” and then is something about payments that I do not claim to understand.
- Or “Where was Dusten Brown during the pregnancy?”
- Or my personal favorite; “Dusten Brown is nothing but a Dead Beat DAD!” spoken or written with a true disgust because we all know that fathers that don’t PAY for the privilege of seeing their children deserve to have their rights to parent their children revoked immediately and forever. How else could we ever teach a child the value of money?
But really, all snarkiness aside, let’s look deeper into the harsh claim that Dusten Brown was a dead beat father who never showed any interest at all in the child welfare of his yet unborn daughter who would become the very real, Veronica Rose Brown of today.
How Do We Know that Dusten Brown is a Dead Beat Dad?
Well first off, Dusten Brown doesn’t even fit the definition of a true “Dead Beat Dad” even if he hadn’t tried at all to support Veronica. A “deadbeat dad” is a term commonly used by child support agencies to refer to men who have fathered a child and willingly fail to pay child support ordered by a family law court or statutory agency such as the Child Support Agency. At the point in time of these accusations, there was NO Child Support agency involved in the case of Adoptive Couple vs Baby Girl nor is there one yet involved to this day!
On one hand, we have the words of Dusten Brown himself about his relationship with Veronica Rose’s soon to be birth mother, Christy Maldonado:
“..one week we were planning a big, outside wedding and celebrating ecstatically the news of our pregnancy…I told her I had money saved and not to worry and asked her what she needed…I knew that my military benefits would provide the medical and financial support she needed, so I did everything I could to push the wedding date up…I called. I texted. I begged. I pleaded. I drove four hours and knocked at my ex-fiancée’s door, praying she would answer…I had offered financial support, military benefits, everything I had… I was told no..”
Sounds like he was doing pretty much everything he could do to support the mother of his unborn child and Christy Maldonado was the one who said NO. And let’s think about this for a half second here; if Dusten Brown had continued to PUSH his way into her life and insist that she do what he wanted, if he had made her marry him or refused to leave her alone when she wanted him out of her life then would that not be stalking or harassment? Would the accusations now be that he was overbearing and controlling and aggressive as well as a dead beat dad? Kind of damned if he did and now damned if he didn’t!
But alas, let me not put words in anyone’s mouths. We had Dusten’s word’s, now let us have Crissy’s. Yes, as a matter of fact, I do actually have Christy Maldonado’s words here and not that lovely little piece that she “penned” for the Washington Post. Nope! What we have here is….
The Direct and Cross Examination of Christy Maldonado in Adoptive Couple vs Baby Girl dated September 13, 2011
Now before I share this bit of court document candy with you, I do want to take a moment to point out Judge Malphrus’ Bench Ruling on this aspect of the case as it SPECIFICALLY relates to the issue of Dusten Brown’s attempts to support Christy Maldonado and his unborn daughter Veronica Rose Brown AND also to the issue of what rights he “signed away.” Being that, you know, those are the most common nails in his coffin of public opinion and why he should lose his daughter again. The bench ruling, which is the final decree of the judge who has been there and physically heard these statements made and whose is trusted by the public to make said decisions, is at the end of this rather long PDF of the actual court documents which you are free to read in their entirety, but I know people like to get to the juicy stuff first. Oh, you skimmers, you!
Anyway, I repeat, after hearing Christy Maldonado’s “side of the story” on whether Dusten Brown tried to support her during the pregnancy of Veronica Rose Brown, the Judge found on 9-29-2011:
“I do not find the birth mother’s testimony credible as to any type of assistance she may have sought – – she may have sought form birth father. To the contrary, I find that it was her desire, and she made active efforts, to have no contact whatsoever with birth father and herself and birth father and the minor child prior to or after the birth of the minor child. I find it credible to believe that the birth mother so wanted to limit the contact between her and birth father that she sought out the adoption option so that birth father would have no reason to be in her life.”
“As to evidence and testimony relating to birth father agreeing to ‘sign his rights away,’ I find that birth father believed that in making this statement, all he was agreeing to was allowing birth mother to have sole custody of the child. I do not find birth mother’s testimony credible that birth father did not want to pay child support for this child.”
The Judge said: “I do not find ( Christy Maldonado) birth mother’s testimony credible that birth father ( Dusten Brown) did not want to pay child support for this child.( Veronica Rose Brown)” therefore, making Dusten Brown most certainly NOT a Deadbeat Father in any way at all.
And you can take THAT to the bank!
Direct and Cross Examination of Christy Maldonado in Adoptive Couple vs Baby Girl dated September 13, 2011
Yeah, I have a copy given to me by a little bird. It’s on my hard drive and under the Freedom of Information Act, I shall upload the PDF of them here.
They are already out in the public domain as well and can be seen here. I will also be taking screen shots of each page and manually adding all 50 of them to Google so once they are indexed by Google, then I really have NO control at all over where they might go and how many times they might be shared.
They say the truth will set you free? I hope the truth will help keep Veronica Rose Brown Home with her Daddy!
Don’t forget to read the other TRUTHS about the Baby Veronica Brown Case!
Claudia Corrigan D'Arcy
Owner
Standing Our Ground for Veronica Rose Brown
Source: http://keepveronicahome.com/
The last time most of us heard about the heart-breaking Baby Veronica case was several weeks ago, when the child's Native American father gave up his years-long legal battle to retain custody of her, and her adoptive parents promised to maintain ties to her biological family.
He has done everything right he could do to keep his biological daughter Veronica.
I am a Native American adoptee who was adopted prior to the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978. I spent my entire life trying to return to my Native people. I finally returned at the age of 40.
Read more at http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2013/10/01/native-adoptee-susan-fedorko-veronicas-lost-bird-wings-will-fly-her-back-151513
I have been watching the "Baby Veronica" case for some time now. I have witnessed the reporting slants of various news outlets; the outrage of concerned citizens; the shock and grief of fellow adoptees; and the powerful replies of the First Nations.
I began composing this post a while ago and planned for it to be mainly a research-focused article highlighting the rights fathers do and do not have when it comes to their children being adopted out. Then the unfathomable happened: Dusten Brown was forced to relinquish his four-year-old daughter, Veronica, to the couple who have...
INSTITUTE CALLS FOR GREATER PROTECTION OF BIRTH/FIRST PARENT RIGHTS For Use in Weekend/Monday Stories Relating to 'Baby Veronica' To arrange an interview or if you have questions, please contact the Adoption Institute's Executive Director, Adam Pertman, at 617-763-0134 or apertman@adoptioninstitute.org . NEW YORK, Sept.
As an adoption, Baby Girl vs Adoptive Couple reveals irregularities at best and complete disregard for law at worst. 1) Veronica was 3 days old residing in Oklahoma when the initial adoption paperwork was filed in South Carolina. 2) Dusten did NOT (as verified by court documentation) sign away his parental rights nor give his permission to place Veronica for adoption.
Dear Veronica, Whatever your adoptive parents have told you for the past sixteen years, I hope they have told you this: You were loved, cherished, and wanted by your father. I don't mean Matt Capobianco, even though you have grown up calling him "Daddy" and "Dad."
As I write this rumors are circulating that you have received physical custody of Baby Veronica. I say rumors because in all honesty, I am afraid to look to confirm it since even the thought that this is true makes me want to throw up.
I don't know if I can write this. If it is even worth it. If any of this is worth it anymore. We have failed a sweet, innocent little girl. Failed her in the worst of ways. And I say we for all of us. A society. A nation. Our media.
Yesterday, the OK courts lifted the temporary stay and the "prize" was returned to her rightful owners. After all they wanted her more, they paid more, they fought more, they had more purchased influence on their side, they lied more, they cheated more, they played a dirtier game from the beginning.
Please review the following resources related to the ongoing custody case for Veronica Brown. If you are just becoming aware of this issue, or if you would like an overview of the main points, please start with the Frequently Asked Questions. Frequently Asked Questions Tulsa World FAQ Case Overview Wikipedia Summary Fact Checks National Indian...
Often, if we compare statements one has made at different times, we are able to detect slight differences. We can see how one's story changes. We'd like to bring you for comparison, Birth Mother, Christy Maldonado's affidavit from the Oklahoma court case in Adoptive Couple vs. Baby Girl.
Sometimes, just a few sentences can say SO much . . . The above quote comes directly from Melanie Capobianco's testimony in the case Adoptive Couple vs Baby Veronica.
I just signed a petition to Niki Haley, Governor of South Carolina, The Oklahoma State House, The Oklahoma State Senate, Governor Mary Fallin, and President Barack Obama: Governor Mary Fallin is helping deny the US Constitution's 14th Amendment Right of Due Process in the adoption case of Oklahoma's "Baby Veronica".
I had a conversation through Facebook a little over a week ago with Doreen Bain, Noah Medeiros's mom and Hope's grandmother. I wrote about their plight to get their daughter and granddaughter returned to them in my last post here.
![[Birth Mother] First Mother Forum](http://media.list.ly/production/26419/241365/20130908_babyveronica0908_185px.png)
Perhaps there is a light at the end of this long tunnel for Dusten Brown and his daughter "Baby Veronica" (who will be four next Sunday) that would allow them to stay together as father and daughter.
By drip and drabs, we might one day see the full story of the unethical adoption seizure of Veronica Rose Brown. Just to recap, currently we have the court transcripts from the September 2010 South Carolina Court trial of A doptive Couple vs Baby Girl: Today we'll be adding: Now of course there are some little tidbits that I do feel the need to point out.
One-Sided Truths and Playing Dirty Well, I guess that the Capobianco Camp didn't like seeing the court transcripts of Christy Maldonado and Veronica Rose's grandmother Alice Brown coming out because somehow half the truth is now making the rounds.
A short time ago, an Oklahoma judge ordered the Sequoyah County Sheriff's Department to release Brown from jail. As it stands now, Dusten Brown will return to court on Oct. 3 to learn whether he will be sent to South Carolina to be tried for the crime of custodial interference, namely that he had failed to turn over Baby Veronica to the Capobiancos.
"Save Veronica Rose" From This Tangled Web of Lies It doesn't matter really what you think about the Indian Child Welfare Act. It doesn't matter if you think ICWA is needed or unneeded. It doesn't matter if you think the United States Supreme Court ruling to overturn the use of ICWA in the case of Adoptive Couple v.
Maybe we'll make this a regular feature or maybe we won't but either way, if you hear something out there and want to know if it's true or not, you can certainly comment and we'll do our best to prove or disprove the rumors. Today however, there seems to be a fact sheet floating around...
The Judge said: "I do not find ( Chrissy Maldonado) birth mother's testimony credible that birth father ( Dusten Brown) did not want to pay child support for this child.( Veronica Rose Brown)" therefore, making Dusten Brown most certainly NOT a Deadbeat Father in any way at all.
Nice work Claudia, thank-you.
Oooh, this is beyond awesome. Blow that PR nonsense right out of the water. The truth is in the documents!!!!!
Mary Sassy also found the video of the turnover on 31 Dec 2011 where they ambushed Dusten with media and Capo supporters.
http://maryreunited.blogspot.com/2013/08/christy-maldonado-in-her-own-words.html
#KeepVeronicaHome
Very important to watch.
If I was about to lose my child; I would be hugging, speaking to her, telling her I loved her (I’d probably be doing so from a jail cell, since I’d exhaust every other option first).
Watch the Capobiancos in the transition. Melanie is chatting with reporters, while Veronica Rose Brown’s head is laid down on her Dad’s head – probably bc she is sleepy and a bit scared with the ruckus surrounding her.
The Capobiancos were more concerned with the media present than with Veronica Rose Brown’s comfort. If you have only a few minutes left with “your child”; would this be what those last few minutes look like?
Meanwhile, later when Dusten Brown is taking her to the car – he is ambushed by reporters; yet stays calm and looks at Veronica Rose with a smile as if to say “Yes honey, there’s lots of people here – look at that!” and calm her down. He responds to ONE question with a quick answer, while barely taking his eyes off Veronica.
Which situation is more calming for a 2 year old?
Awesome work! Thank you for this!
BRAVO…The TRUTH sets us FREE…..Now the C’s can take THAT to bankruptcy!
Capobianco is her last name
Yeah, only in YOUR mistaken reality. It is BROWN.. Now go have a nice day believing in rainbow farting unicorns and the tooth fairy because obviously lies are right up your alley. Oh PS.. No links allow to the C’s Crappy page here. Gotta rip that out, but nice try.
Kojak: What does this comment imply? That you feel that relevant law is circumvented to get what one wants? in that with a decision (based on error and outright disregard form SC state law) you feel that Veronica must be labeled as property?
Do you mean to speak of the woman Melanie? This of course is correct in that her married name is Capbianco. Or are you just angry that the truth is out? This is my guess, please come with something worthwhile. To say “Her name is”… is simply you venting your anger and implies a disregard for truth. Crappy response.
Since there was never a child support agency involved in this case, Mr. Brown should have simply sent $300/month to the birth mother out of the alleged goodness of his heart. Whether or not a man is actually Court Ordered to pay anything should not give him the choice to just sit back and say NOT ME, especially if he confesses to loving the child sooo much.
I am assuming that you can read? Like read and comprehend words in English? And they make logical sense? Have you bothered to READ any of the statements made by Dusten Brown and backed up by Christy Maldonado saying that he tried to give her money and she went out of her way to remove him in any way possible from her life? What more proof besides a judges BENCH RULING do you need? God to write it out in the sky?
And what I find amazing is that even if this man had had a book of check stubs proving that he sent her money, you would find something wrong with that! Let’s conveniently forget the fact that Veronica rose was NEVER ELIGIBLE FOR ADOPTION.
Lucky: Please read the documents. You response makes it painfully obvious that you failed to do so. When one makes this kind of statement without knowledge of the subject they are speaking to it makes them look like an ass…..I will not guide you to the proper place within the documents that refute you, it is plain that you lack knowledge of the subject and a full reading is therefore required.
You’ve obviously failed to read the testimony and bench ruling; but I’ll sum it up nice and simple in one sentence: The judge ruled that Dusten’s attempts at support were ACTIVELY EVADED by Christinna Maldonado and the agency. If you need further explanation; simply read the document.
Just to be clear: you are officially now supporting the removal of a child from a parent who lost the first 2 years of his daughters life BECAUSE he was actively KEPT OUT of it. This new (publicly new) information proves that without a shadow of a doubt.
That being said; support what you want, but know what you’re supporting.
Excellent work Claudia. You have convincingly proved what we knew in our hearts and minds to be right.
How can anyone be a deadbeat when he has raised his child for 19 months? He has proven his love by fighting for her, raising her, trying to support his ex-fiance while she was pregnant. He has done everything an outstanding father should do.
Love YOU!
Claud, thanks for doing the heavy lifting here and getting this out. Though I wait and watch for news about this incredible case, I feel that the Cherokee court will make the right decision and somehow (!) that will be enough to allow Veronica Brown to stay with her daddy.
The South Carolina court originally make the right decision and then the adoption-prone Supremes think nothing of separating an individual from their real kin and forcing her to grow up in an environment where she will resemble no one, in physique or characteristics. People are not fungible.
Why passions run hot in the Veronica Brown story
Opps. meant to add this, as we have a different subject up now.
This entire case hurts my heart…
Who on earth believes they are entitled to someone else’s child, when that someone else wants to parent his child?
Adoption is finding a home for a child who needs one – not the other way around. WE are not commodities to be traded, sought after, fought for. WE are human beings deserving of the same respect every other human being deserves.
A child has both a mother and father and cannot exist without both – one doesn’t get to decide what happens to the child – both must decide because both created the child. Same rights, not laws lobbied for by an adoption industry.
As hard as I try I can’t come up with any “story” that could possibly make this okay for this child – that the C’s fought to take her away from her dad – I can’t. It won’t fly.
Nor can I believe that anyone with any common sense would believe that disrupting her attachment for the third time will not scar her for life. Adoptees already deal with the first disruption for life.
It’s just all too sad to see this level of entitlement to parent a child who is not your child – despite whatever piece of paper says otherwise. That doesn’t mean it’s moral, or right.
I have posted a long letter I sent to Gov. Nikki Haley of SC to my Facebook page… I have facts noted on it as well… Great work on your reporting!
THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU for this….it is amazing!!!
Miki has released Brown’s testimony:
https://gigesdi.wordpress.com/
Miki my ass. It’s so not Miki and you really should come up with a better patsy that that. Which.. interestingly enough. I have to add your comment in to my search here. Since THIS comment of yours is the first sign on the URL on the internet!! 11:42 on the 2nd, you predate the Tweet! Thanks’s for the screen shot!
http://www.adoptionbirthmothers.com/saving-veronica-rose-brown-slander-and-more-court-documents-leaked/
Where can we find the transcript of Dusten Brown? I would very much like to read it. Thanks. KeepVhome!
This story has just made me so crazy that I started looking at adoption info. I’m an adult adoptee and have my own story but the selfishness of these adoptive “parents” is breathtaking. It’s clear they were part of an orchestrated plan to conceal the baby from Dusten until it was too late. Even if they truly didn’t know, they knew at 4 months. No damage would have been done to the baby to turn her over to her father then. A truly loving “parent” would have. But it’s like they paid good money, damn it, and they are white and christian and affluent and that so that nobody birth father was not worthy of their concern. I’m sure they even believed that what they could buy their daughter made them better parents. But to then take her again, after she lived with her father and step-mother and half sibling for two years. I’m sorry, but these people are despicable.
This has made me really think about the adoption industry in this country and take to heart the criticisms I’m hearing about. I totally agree that adoption should be about children who need a family and not adults who need and want a child.
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