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LW does not mention the legal status of her place as one of the child's mothers. Have all legal niceties been handled? Is partner-in-recovery the birth mother? Is there a genuine adoption in place?
While I don't disagree with respondents who suggest one should run and don't look back, such a move may prove short-sighted for her child if she has not protected her rights as the child's mother.