I Carried a Baby for My Twin Sister—But the Moment She Saw the Newborn, She Stepped Back and Said, “This Is Not the Child We Wanted”

Parentage orders matter.

Independent counsel matters.

Child-welfare professionals matter when legal parents refuse responsibility.

No newborn should depend on whether one recovering woman in a hospital bed makes a dramatic declaration quickly enough.

Daisy was protected because multiple systems eventually did their jobs.

The hospital did not discharge her into uncertainty.

The social worker documented.

Attorneys clarified parentage.