Fraud on the Court: One Adoptee's Fight to Reclaim His Identity;

The wrenching memoir of one man's dogged search for his birth family, and the decision that ultimately resulted in the most famous adoption reversal in American history.

“Fraud on the Court will grip the heart of any reader, whether you have been touched by adoption or simply understand the universal longing for a deep sense of connection. This book speaks to the core of what makes us human.”
~ Major King, Denver TV Broadcaster

In the complicated world of adoption reform, highly charged terms like "open adoption," and "sealed records" and "search and reunion" create passionate debate on both sides.

In his new book, Mike Chalek tells a compelling story from the point of view of a former adoptee who discovered the truth of his black market adoption late in adulthood. He fought back against the courts that covered up the fraud--and against his abusive adoptive family--by finding his birth family and with their blessing having the fraudulent adoption annulled and his rightful identity restored.

When it comes to adoptee rights, Mike's case was a landmark victory in bringing to light the pitfalls of closed adoption practices and the social oppression that existed for young single mothers during the 1950s and 1960s, a time otherwise known as the Baby Scoop Era. It was a time that created a thriving black market in human trafficking, and that left many developed countries struggling under the constraints of unfriendly adoption legislation that is anti-family and denies adoptees their basic civil rights.

Whatever you currently believe about the closed adoption system and about adoptees' rights to their own genetic information, this book is a starting point for reexamining our country's treatment of a significant minority population whose time has come, that of the adult adoptee.

"Fraud on the Court is a true compelling story of an adoptee's struggle to overturn his fraudulent black-market adoption and reclaim his real identity. I couldn’t put Fraud on the Court down. You won't be able to either!"
~ Joe Sollì¡°ì‚´, psychotherapist and author of Adoption Healing ... a Path to Recovery.