"S. Africa to investigate baby swap case" Associated Press May 30, 2014
JOHANNESBURG — A South African court has approved an investigation into a case of two baby girls mistakenly switched at birth in a hospital in 2010 and given to different mothers who are now in disagreement over how to resolve the traumatic situation.
The Centre for Child Law, a South African group that promotes children’s rights, said Thursday that a court has appointed it to find out about the switch and to decide what would be in the children’s best interests.
One of the mothers, who is single and unemployed, recently learned about the mistake while trying to get child support. She wants her biological daughter to be placed in her care, according to court documents. But the second mother has refused.
The children are now nearly 4 years old, but the mother who wants her biological daughter back only learned about the swap recently when she and the father took paternity tests.
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