Overview
- An ex-partner of María de los Ángeles González Colinet told Uruguayan media the mother cared for the baby in his first months, with hospital records showing she stayed the first eight days after birth.
- He said staff at an INAU center blocked her visits after a few brief meetings, and he recalled leaving court in tears when the judge did not return the child.
- INAU later sought to revoke her custody, citing drug addiction, which left her with only sporadic contact with the child.
- Agency files state court-appointed lawyer Mercedes Nieto mounted only a technical defense and did not oppose the Cipriani-Minetti adoption.
- The same files say the biological father was never located during the case, and INAU says an internal review of the process is now under way and will take weeks to complete.