Florida - Birth Battle: Couple Says Surrogate Mom Won't Give Up...

AdvocateForLamitinas wrote:

Does the law also allow for women to use fraud and trickery to extort money from innocent people? I missed that section in the statutes.

Peta wrote:

My Real Mother
From: Elephantgirl Sent: 4/2/2005 11:28 AM
My real mother gave me my first home. I lived within her for 9 months.
My real mother gave me a name. My second mother changed it.
My real mother gave me a birthday.
My real mother is the one who first held me. I wish I could have given her a tighter grip.
My real mother gave me my brown hair and brown eyes and the dimples that I've been complimented on all of my life.
My real mother gave me my curly hair. You know I spent an hour everyday straightening it. I hated my curls with a passion and since I met her, I like my curls!
My real mother gave me my perfect 32 Bs, hmmmm will I get those back after I have my baby??
My real mother gave me the blood that runs through my body.
My real mother gave me my laugh.
My real mother gave me the ability to laugh.
My real mother gave me the ability to love.
My real mother gave me life.
My real mother couldn't be there for games and events. She wasn't given the chance.
My real mother cried for me as my second mother wrote out a check for my purchase. I've often wished that I came with a sales receipt. Surely she would have wanted a refund when I came home late, or when I had trouble with math, failed a test, threw a fit, said the wrong thing, or moved out to have my own life.
My real mother was unable to keep me. It came down to owning a home, being married (and we all know how much THAT means!) and having a bank account. My second mother "won".
Interesting?

Karma wrote:

<quoted text>She should be chareged for Grand Theft the same as if someone paid a roofer for services and the roofer takes off without doing the work. If she can't pay them back ASAP her butt goes to jail, and then the baby goes to the father...she is a scam.

On Your Side wrote:

Your Easter postings were very sad. We can't even believe you have NO contact at all! Have your heard anything from the court of appeals? Any new news on the fraud case?

Mom With Eyes Wide Open wrote:

Lamitina Couple - Victims of Embryonic Hostaging?
This evening on the popular show, The O’Reilly Factor, Coral Springs lawyer Scott Salomon was asked to appear as a guest to discuss his latest case, "Eckerd vs. Lamitina" which has been represented on all of the major networks. Salomon is representing Tom Lamitina in Orlando, who entered into an agreement with a Jacksonville woman that was going to be a gestational surrogate for his child. When the child was born, she refused to give the father custody of the child and is now suing him for child support.
The father is now suing for custody of the child and to have the mother held liable for fraudulent inducement and other related damages. Above all else, the father wants custody of his daughter and for the birth mother to live up to her covenants. Additionally, when the child was born she was given the last name of the mother’s former husband and the father was completely left out.
As a mother and a parent, I am genuinely praying that this woman is brought to justice and that baby Emma is returned to her intended parents, the Lamitina's.
We all need to practice objectivity in this case for the sake of baby Emma, and honestly ask ourselves to look at the facts. The facts clearly show that baby Emma was used to extort money from an innocent and heart-broken couple, and innocence is not the way to describe a woman who uses unborn children, human life, for her own personal gain, through the practices of deceit and trickery. Emma deserves better parenting and the Lamitina's are those parents.
As responsible parents, it is our human obligation to consider Emma's rights and to help shape our children’s' future by supporting the Lamitina’s in this case so that Emma, and others like her, can have the chance to learn the values of honesty, integrity and genuine unconditional love.
The added-plus to a fair result (Lamitina's get their baby!) is that Eckerd will be held accountable for her actions in embryonic hostaging.
-A Mother With Her Eyes Wide Open

Karma wrote:

<quoted text>She should be chareged for Grand Theft the same as if someone paid a roofer for services and the roofer takes off without doing the work. If she can't pay them back ASAP her butt goes to jail, and then the baby goes to the father...she is a scam.