If you've been following the case about Christian, the four year old who's been at the focus of a custody case for years, I'm happy to tell you, the battle is over.

The foster parents gave up fighting for rights to the child after the toddler went to bio-family. They'd been trying to regain custody for a couple of years now and it sounds from this bit below, that the toddler actually went back and forth between two homes for a while.

What nonsense.

I'm glad this is over for the child and all the parents involved. Now it is time for them to heal and be family.

That is the risk we take as legal risk foster adopt parents. Sometimes the kids don't stay. No matter if.... no matter what....

Sorry if I sound harsh.

Been there done that.

It's the reality.

Loving sacrifice for Christian

In what must have been the most difficult decision of their lives, Denise and Ivar Baklid have ended a legal battle to adopt Christian, a 4-year-old who has been the center of a custody dispute since 2002 when he was a toddler.

The Baklids of Orange City had been foster parents to Christian from infancy until 16 months and they had hoped to adopt him. But the state Department of Children & Families recommended instead that Christian be placed with a second cousin from Tennessee because of a state administrative code that says "relatives are the placement of choice."

Moving Christian out of the Baklids' home was emotionally difficult. But Christian appeared to be loved and well-treated in the Tennessee home of his cousin Tiffany Delk and her husband, Jeff. The nearly four-year battle over custody and adoption of the child was emotionally troubling not only for both families but also for readers who followed the story. First a court ruled in favor of the DCF and the Delks, and, then, for the Baklids. In February, a court ruled that Christian should be returned to the Baklids, a process that took several weeks. And in June -- in yet another heart-wrenching twist in this story -- a local circuit court judge denied the Baklids' adoption and sent Christian back to live with his Tennessee family.

The Baklids initially challenged the judge's June decision but now have decided not to pursue efforts to adopt Christian

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