Parents Vow to Get Foster Daughter Back After Being Removed Over Heritage

A sobbing 6-year-old girl was pulled from the arms of her foster parents and bundled off to extended relatives because she is 1.5 percent Native American. The child was removed in accordance with a federal law designed to protect Native American children. Lexi will be sent to live with extended Choctaw family members in Utah, authorities said. Foster parents Rusty and Summer Page vowed to get the girl back, saying they love their daughter and have been caring for her since she was a toddler. #InsideEdition

[MichaelMeroborn]

If she had relatives willing to raise her, why did they not raise her in the first place?

[alien]

If she had relatives that wanted to take care of her and could, WHY WOULD THE PUT HER ON ADOPTION!?!?!?

[spazzedout]

What matters most isn't the heritage or race, it's whether that child will be put in a safe, happy and healthy home. The foster care system fails allot of children, many get raped, abused, neglected, used for their checks, etc. This foster family is very caring I hope this doesn't happen again.

[kaiserslavaniaashur]

Child services when the child is actually being abused: *”M e h”*
Child services when litteraly nothing is happening: “CALL THE NATIONAL GUARD DAMIT!”

[mimileaks]

If she had family willing to raise her then why did they allow her to join a foster family in the first place?

[sdarlene]

I personally think that if she DID NOT want to go back to her relatives they shouldn't have forced her to be with somebody she doesn't want to be with!

[anaalina]

Damn it's so sad even her step sibling were crying. Just goes to show how close this family was.
The whole town was in tears, I've never seen this before.
I hope Lexi got back with her *real* family.

[londonstrange]

The pain in these parents voice, I teared up when dad started losing it

[lilyadams]

“Don’t let them take me I’m scared”. I CANT I’m crying 😭

[anjanozie]

As a native American they shouldn't have taken her away. If she was in bad condition in the home then yes but if she was happy and safe and healthy in the home they shouldn't take her away

[withurshield]

I never stopped thinking about Lexi and I still look for updates. This story had such an impact on so many lives.

[MarGoLuv]

This is why ppl should always hear the other side of the story. Apparently Lexi bio mom gave her up but the bio Dad, her paternal grandparents, and aunt wanted her. The courts placed her in foster care until they got the family issues resolved. Then when the court came to a conclusion the foster parents wanted to adopt her. KNOWING very well that this day was coming and that they never prepared her for this. Now I see those parents as kidnappers more than a loving family.

[yajdnanej]

The screams of the other siblings made me tear up. 😖😭

[MrClean-yfjs]

The fact that not only the family was there, but the whole ass neighborhood and more were too??? That shows how good of a family and home she was in, how happy she was...

[dodgersfan]

After 5 years this still hurts, prayers to the family.😭😭😭

[amberc.]

It took the relatives years to actually take her to raise her. They'd raised her for 4yrs. Teaching her to walk, eat, talk, taking her to hey 1st day of school! This is devastating....

[szaendedu]

If the girl said she doesn’t want to go with them DONT BRING HER TO THEM

[hollyashe]

When the Dad said “I’m Lexi’s Superman. Superman is going to get her back.”


Definitely did not cry.. 😪

[bigoak]

Hard to feel bad for a family who knew the baby's family was trying to get custody years ago. Shame it took the courts so long. But they should've explained to the child her family was waiting for her from the moment she could talk. Their selfishness caused that little girl a while lot of unnecessary drama.

[taymg]

This exact thing happened to a high school friend of mine, they had 3 children taken away and sent up north (North island of NZ) to family they'd never met because cyfs decided Māori children should be placed with their extended whanau (family). This isn't about what's best for the child, it about the adults being selfish, I have a step sister who has been in foster care since she was born and it'd be cruel to take her away from the only family she's ever known.