The family court got it right. The couple knew the father had not consented to the adoption as did the agency. The adoption was concealed from him by his wife and the agency. The court has ordered the child returned to her father.
lawyers for the couple adopting in these cases have only one option. delay delay delay. The longer they delay the more they can game the system. Demand fitness hearings, mediation, offer supervised visitation, offer unsupervised visitation and so on and hope the child will become aware enough to bond with the couple and learn to hate the father.
The couple, in this case, should sue the mother and the adoption agency. I am willing to bet the mother had the baby and gave it up for adoption as a vindictive passive agressive action.
(btw the court would have already ordered paternity first)