Man Allegedly Denied Adoption Due to Weight Gets Custody -- And a Scolding From Jackson County Judge

St. Charles County Business Record › January 03, 2008

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A Jackson County judge took the rare step this week of publicly releasing a court order in an adoption case -- and excoriating the order's beneficiary in the process.

Judge John O'Malley said Gary Stocklaufer's highly public fight to adopt his foster son, Max, had harmed the legal system. Stocklaufer has been featured in local, national and international media, claiming that he was denied adoption because, at the time, he weighed 558 pounds.

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Man Allegedly Denied Adoption Due to Weight Gets Custody -- And a Scolding From Jackson County Judge

In his order, which was e-mailed to media outlets Tuesday, O'Malley said Stocklaufer "has lead the national news media on a parade that woul...

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