So a couple who defrauded the father and contumaciously ignored the court’s order has thereby bestowed new rights upon the child? Hardly.
Great word!
“contumaciously”
Excellent!
Thirty years ago when I still read three newspapers a day Russell Baker wrote a piece entitled “In Praise of Ignorant Contumely,” which was very fine and very funny.
I carried around the faded newsprint copy for some years but eventually it was lost.
Even now in the near-deathless age of google I have been unable to dig it up again. But thanks for resurrecting the term, for me at least.
Wow, I learn something new on this board every day.
(1) We knew the father hadn't given permission. We were willing to accept that challenge! So reward us for parenting through challenges!
(2) We had already adopted a child of this ethnic background, and we wanted to steal another in order to have a matching set! You are going to throw off my whole family decoration scheme!