[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 120 (Thursday, September 5, 1996)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1531]
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                          JUSTICE WILL BE DONE

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                           HON. JOHN T. MYERS

                               of indiana

                    in the house of representatives

                      Thursday, September 5, 1996

  Mr. MYERS of Indiana. Mr. Speaker, justice sometimes is slow in 
coming, but usually does prevail. This is the issue in the case 
involving ``Baby Richard.'' This little boy, whose only offense was 
being born to a mother who did not want him, was taken from the only 
parents he ever knew who had legally adopted him at birth. Through the 
action of a judge and an attorney he was given to a father who did not 
know he existed at the time of his birth. He was promised that he could 
see his adoptive brother, but that has been denied to this little 
fellow.
  The following article by Hevrdejs & Conklin, Inc. appeared September 
3, 1996 in the Chicago Tribune.

             [The Chicago Tribune, Tuesday, Sept. 3, 1996]

       Attorney's Luck Running Short After ``Baby Richard'' Case

                      (By Hevrdejs & Conklin Inc.)

       We know many readers were delighted when Illinois Supreme 
     Court Justice James Heiple, who wrote the unpopular ``Baby 
     Richard'' decision, subsequently got into an embarrassing 
     traffic scrape with police. Now comes word Loren Heinemann, 
     the lawyer who won custody of ``Baby Richard'' for Otakar 
     Kirchner, (a decision upheld by Heiple), has filed for 
     personal bankruptcy. According to the Chicago Daily Law 
     Bulletin, Heinemann lists $602,000 in liabilities. He also is 
     defending himself in five unrelated cases of professional 
     misconduct. Do we detect a ``Baby Richard'' curse at work 
     here?

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