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 A Utah family has been ordered to surrender a baby they adopted six months ago after a court battle.
Clint and Heather Larson carefully buckled the baby boy named Talon into a minivan Sunday night in South Jordan, Utah.
Talon was born in June in Salt Lake City, Utah. Talon's birth mother, who is a member of the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe Indian tribe in Minnesota, came to Salt Lake City to have the baby.
The birth mother put Talon up for adoption through an agency but, according to the tribe, changed her mind when she returned home to the reservation.
The Larsons had fought in court to keep Talon. Last week, a Utah judge ruled in favor of the birth family, citing federal law. The Indian Child Welfare Act states that the tribe has a legal right to claim the child.
The tribe says the adoption agency never received the birth father's approval and acquired the mom's signature while she was still drugged after the birth .
Larson's attorney says the child is not a quarter or more Native American, so the tribe cannot claim him.
The Heart and Soul adoption agency says they did everything according to the law.
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