It sounds like the parents don’t want to give the child up for adoption, which means the child will remain a foster child and the parents can retrieve him if they ever get their lives back on track.
If the parents had let go, then the grandmother would have no say in preventing an adoption by the Brandts.
I wonder if there is something legal that says the parents are incompetent at this point to make a decision about giving the child up for adoption ? Or if they just want the child to be fostered here in America so they can swoop in at some later date ?
It doesn’t sound like the Brandts are going to have a happy ending to this.
It's not going to be a happy ending for little Gabriel, either.