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Can you prove your child is yours?



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BeershevaBubby




 
 
    
 

Post Wed, Sep 12 2007, 6:37 am
A woman in Parkville, MD, upon visiting her not-local Wal-Mart, became the apparent victim of a Code Adam when checking out with her baby daughter.

She writes about her harrowing experience on her blog.

Several valid points are made in comments...

First, that Wal-Mart mishandled the situation is obvious.

Second... apparently the rent-a-cops have no ID stating who they work for, so to have someone come up to you and tell you to hand over your kid with no supporting ID makes sense.

Enough with the numbers... the situation however begs the questions... do you have valid proof that your non-verbal child is indeed yours? And what constitutes valid proof? Babies grow and change so much that photos can be outdated sometimes by the time mom or dad gets to the photomat. And just because you're in the photo doesn't prove you're the child's parent or legal guardian.

While I have NS's name on my Israeli ID, there's no photo attached or fingerprints (and fingerprints would take a while to validate anyway). He has his own health insurance card.

So... in addition to proper training from store security and employees (yeah, like that would happen), what kind of ID can a parent carry that will readily and quickly prove their non-verbal child is indeed theirs?
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Mimisinger




 
 
    
 

Post Wed, Sep 12 2007, 7:31 am
shock Exclamation Exclamation
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Mitzvahmom




 
 
    
 

Post Wed, Sep 12 2007, 7:43 am
that's scary....definitely they mishandled things!!
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amother


 

Post Wed, Sep 12 2007, 8:52 am
hey you can have em Twisted EvilNervous
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faigie




 
 
    
 

Post Wed, Sep 12 2007, 8:53 am
she should sue the pants off of them. I dont know why the police couldnt at least have charged them with illegally holding her. she needs to get an attorney now , get a hold of the surveillance tapes and take care of business.
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Raisin




 
 
    
 

Post Wed, Sep 12 2007, 12:52 pm
They could do blood/dna tests but I assume that takes awhile.
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Ruchel




 
 
    
 

Post Wed, Sep 12 2007, 1:01 pm
Crazy.

I don't think it would happen to me, dd is my portrait (with dh's hair).

Dd has her own passport, no identity card as we've been lazy...

But what a crazy, crazy story.
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chocolate moose




 
 
    
 

Post Wed, Sep 12 2007, 3:19 pm
it is.........................
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MyKidsRQte




 
 
    
 

Post Sun, Sep 16 2007, 12:52 am
it is very scary. shock
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raizy




 
 
    
 

Post Sun, Sep 23 2007, 11:17 pm
I didnt hear the story what happened at walmart.????
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shlumzmum




 
 
    
 

Post Sun, Sep 23 2007, 11:41 pm
raizy wrote:
I didnt hear the story what happened at walmart.????


here you have the full story

Code:
http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=48433983&blogID=308642870
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