I understand about the birth certificate taking precedence over DNA in the Bahamas, but is the baby a citizen of the Bahamas? Why would the Bahamas be the "only" place this court drama could take place? Were they living in the Bahamas? What was their legal domicile?
Yes, they were living in the Bahamas and had set up a household as mother and father to the baby. The lawyer kept repeating that, but it just wasn't getting through. She had left the baby in the Bahamas while she came to the US to deal with her legal problems, obviously because she was afraid to subject the baby to the US legal system.