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...deeply appalled by the American legal system's giving custody of a child to a mother convicted of murdering her daughter [JUSTICE, July 20]. How could the court allow Latrena Pixley to have custody of her son Cornilous instead of giving it to Laura Blankman, the child's foster mother, who has cared for him for almost two years? The persisting belief that the biological mother is always the best person for a child is completely erroneous. To be a true mother, you must always have your child's best interest at heart. And that is the central failure...
Appeal to a higher court, Laura Blankman! It's time for the legal system to realize that "family" means more than just blood and race relations. Let's not allow technicalities to endanger this young boy's life. I'm sure Latrena Pixley was a victim of abuse and needs healing, but not at Cornilous' expense. It's obvious Pixley remains an unfit mother. WENDY LAM Carlsbad, Calif...
...murder in reunification cases. States face the loss of federal child-welfare funds if they don't come into line with the act. So far, only a handful of states have amended their laws to comply. One of those is Maryland, where a group of legislators, outraged by the Pixley case, pushed a bill through this spring...
...daughter, allowed Laura Blankman, a woman she had befriended at the public defender's office, to take custody of her son informally. Blankman, 28, now a police officer, has cared for and supported Cornilous since he was three months old. Last fall she decided to adopt him. Pixley, by then in a part-time detention facility, resisted--even though she had been unable to hold down a steady job, and had contributed a grand total of $200 to her son's care. In a case burdened by race--Pixley is black, Blankman white--the courts once again favored the biological...
...week's end Blankman had not decided whether to appeal to Maryland's highest court to let her keep Cornilous. But even if the court agrees to hear her case, the boy could be returned to his biological mother by Sept. 1. Already, Cornilous has begun overnight visits to Pixley at her halfway house. In the meantime, a distraught Blankman says she lives each day with the boy as if it were their last one together...