adoption scandal in Memphis

Martin Ursery’s daughter was given up for adoption by her birth mother without his consent. Shelby County Juvenille Court worked with adoption attorney, Kevin Weaver, to place the child with an out of state couple. Martin went to juvenille court to ask for a DNA test and file a petition for parentage but the case worker, Jackie Daniels, called Weaver and he persuaded Martin out of the court promising faster DNA results done privately. This allowed Martin’s daughter to moved to another state …