[Tax-chick]

The boy is now under the care of his father.

Perhaps giving legal custody of this child to his father, and of her expected child to his/her father (same or different ...), might work out.

If the story is accurate, she was looking for a good home for him, even if she went about it the wrong way.

[Morgana]

“If the story is accurate, she was looking for a good home for him, even if she went about it the wrong way. “

I think the same thing. She is not quite right in the head but was really trying to what was best for the child. Or so she thought.