The baby landed in the Chesapeake home of Gary and Mary Prevette, who had tried unsuccessfully for years to have a child. The couple began caring for the baby in January 1996, and filed a petition to adopt her. But the adoption came to a screeching halt when Melissa decided, five months after giving birth, that she could no longer keep the secret. She told her parents, Lisa and Mark Lockwood, also of Slidell. And the three of them began a battle to regain custody of the child, who is now 1. Last week, Judge Eileen Olds of the Chesapeake Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court granted legal custody to the Prevettes and gave the Lockwoods visitation rights. Even though the ruling settled custody for now, it did not resolve the case for good click here to read more
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