NEBRASKA
Omaha World-Herald
By Michael O’Connor / World-Herald staff writer Jul 1, 2017
A case involving an adoption from nearly five decades ago remains alive in Douglas County District Court following a hearing Friday.
Former Omaha resident Kathleen Chafin filed a lawsuit this spring against the Archdiocese of Omaha and the Wisconsin Province of the Society of Jesus over the adoption, claiming that they engaged in an “adoption conspiracy.”
Her son was adopted by an Omaha couple in 1968.
The archdiocese and province filed motions to dismiss the initial suit, but at a hearing in June Judge Shelly Stratman gave Chafin’s attorney time to file an amended complaint to clarify the claims.
An attorney for Chafin argued in Friday’s hearing that the amended complaint has merit to move forward.
The archdiocese and the province had filed motions to dismiss the amended complaint, arguing that the claim has no merit and is barred by the statute of limitations.
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