:45:01
She's going to challenge
the adoption.
:45:04
Where did she come from?
:45:11
What are we going to do?
:45:14
Listen, sweetheart,
it-it's going to be all right.
:45:16
No, it's not.
:45:17
Mommy, I want Daddy.
:45:19
Oh...
:45:21
Mommy, I want Daddy.
:45:24
Daddy's not home.
:45:26
I want Daddy.
:45:29
So do I.
:45:30
I want him to be here.
:45:33
I want Daddy.
:45:34
She's claiming she never
received any notice
:45:37
to terminate
parental rights.
:45:38
That can't be.
:45:39
You handled that yourself,
right?
:45:41
Look, this is what I do
for a living.
:45:44
I followed every procedure...
the newspaper notifications,
:45:48
computer checks of prisons,
the welfare rolls...
:45:51
I mean, we even hired
a-a private detective
:45:53
with our own money
to look for relatives,
:45:55
but you can't find
somebody on the street
:45:57
if they don't want to be found.
:45:58
And what does it matter, anyway?
:46:00
The adoption is final...
it can't be reversed.
:46:02
Oh, I'm afraid it can.
:46:04
The court can vacate a judgment
:46:06
if it was entered
into by default,
:46:08
and it will vacate
if there's a child involved.
:46:11
She's going to have a right
to be heard.
:46:13
We're talking about a woman
who is a junkie,
:46:15
who put her kid
in a garbage can.
:46:17
Someone who should be arrested,
:46:19
not given back
her parental rights.
:46:20
Well, that's what
you'll have to prove.
:46:24
Look, I know you came to me
:46:26
because you thought
it would help
:46:27
to have a black attorney,
:46:29
but understand this is
a difficult situation.
:46:31
Is that a polite way
of saying no?
:46:34
I said I'd think
about it, and I will.
:46:37
This isn't a simple issue.
:46:38
You might raise a black child
:46:40
with the best intentions
in the world, colorblind,
:46:43
but in the end,
the world is still out there.
:46:45
He needs to know who he is.
:46:47
A child should be
with his parents.
:46:50
We agree there.
:46:54
Whoo... pretty.
:46:58
Again. More bubbles.