In 2019, Michael and Christine Barnett became the first news when they were accused of negligence and cruelty to children against their adopted daughter Natalia Grace. This is when it was discovered that the couple moved to Canada with the rest of his family, leaving the girl to her fate. Even more contradictory and violent, when all the signs seemed to have suggested that Barnett changed the legal age of Natalia, To completely dissuade it.
Nevertheless, the most perverted thing in this case came out when the family said that in fact, and not abandoning Natalia, they ran away her. The reason was a perverted discovery: according to Barnett, the alleged victim was actually a fraudster. The one who also went through a little girl, despite the fact that he is more than twenty years old. To add gravity to the case, in addition, he had forced and unstable behavior, QHe forced the marriage, fearing for their life and the life of the rest of the children a couple.
Good American familyWhich in Latin America can be seen in Disney+will reconstruct the case. Although, since production is explained almost immediately, this is a fictional version and imaginary elements of a real case. But the truth is that the crime with Ellen Pompeo is in the title role (in the title roleGray anatomy) Like Christine Barnett, Summage most of what happened.
Much more, examine in a confusing scenario full of double versions and conflicting narratives. Today it is impossible to find out who is telling the truth and who really lies. Everything, in the midst of a legal battle, which is already lengthened for more than five years and Which has become the gloomy curiosity of the pop culture.
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Alarming story without obvious origin
One of the most important problems related to Natalia Grace is that there are several clear data about her birth. No about any information supported by its acceptance. The first legal element checked since 2010, when it was adopted by Barnett. According to the couple, the agency that they turned to gave them 24 hours to decide whether Natalya finally greeted. When they finally did this, they had to deal with the lagons about previous processes in which the girl participated. Despite this, they went on adoption.
At that time, the only thing that was clear was that the mother of Natalia, Latvian origin, was in Ukraine at the time of the birth of a girl. According to the birth certificate, Natalya was born on September 4, 2003 and was taken to a shelter. He suffered from a serious image of a dwarf and other health disorders. Subsequently, in 2008, his custody was given to Dayana and Gary Chicon. The couple of New Gampshira worked in the adoption agency for children from Eastern Europe. This year Grace was first adopted. Be private, all procedures and processes were closed, So know little about Natalia at this time.
Thus, there is no particular explanation of what happened, which caused the failure of the first adoption of the girl. The meaning that can be verified is that by 2010 I already had a file that indicated it as a complex girl. But not one of these data, nor health data reached Barnett’s hands. Despite this, they accepted the conditions of the agency for adoption and led to Kid to the family house in Indiana in the spring of that year.
Uncertain panorama for Natalia Grace
By that time, the family had all the possibilities of a brilliant future. Jacob, the eldest child, was considered a scientific child prodigy, which made Christine become a star of encouragement in the oratory world. His conversations about children’s education models For children with extraordinary abilities, they have become famous.
In early 2010, he began to write memoirs about his experience, which the editorial article bought almost immediately. On the other hand, Michael passed a good moment as the general director of Circuit City, chains of stores dedicated to consumption electronics. Four years later, The family was broken and encountered a complex trial for reduction.
Difficult and legally ambiguous situation
According to Barnett, the problems and clashes with Natalia Grace began almost from the first day when the girl arrived at the house of marriage. He had unstable behavior, he refused to eat at the table and ran into the rest of his brothers. Nevertheless, the family did not change the adoption to demonstrate a girl who can be loved. Or, at least, it was that Christine herself insisted on a documentary Curious business Natalya Grace (2023), available on Max.
Gradually, the situation became more inconvenient. Natalia refused to obey orders, in addition to aggressive behavior with her brothers. Always, according to Barnett, they also began to detect signs that indicated that the girl was much more than supposed. Despite the allegedly 6 or 7 years, he had signs pubertywhich is covered from pubic hair to short menstruation.
Even more seriously, it turned out that Barnett cataloged as aggressive behavior. For several times, Natalya showed the knives in the fact that they considered a direct threat, left Chinja at the door of the house and even added a detergent to coffee. Finally he pushed Christine against an electric fence, in an obvious attempt to bring serious injuries.
Six months passed, and family life could not be more chaotic. Especially because the dangerous behavior of Natalia seemed to indicate that the girl retained a dangerous secret. At least that was that Christine Barnett came Finding a bloody hygienic towel that the girl tried to hide.
Confusing diagnosis and unprecedented proposal
Although Barnett and Natalya Grace accuse each other of violence, abuse and cruel behavior, there is something, in which both versions coincide. Around 2011, Christine was convinced that the girl was much more than she said. Therefore, he devoted time and effort to prove it. What included a search for a doctor, Genetic test and explore the adoption agency.
While everything that happened, the family came to ask the Police of Natalia, who was legally seven years old, and separated from the house where they lived. Officials refused, but social protection services began to investigate the case. In parallel, Christine received a forensic expert to say that the girl has Much older, legal documents are declared with their name.
The complaint reached the most difficult point when in 2012 Barnett asked Indiana’s court to change the age of Natalia Grace. Something, which officially covered the date of birth of the girl from 2003 to 1989. The family managed to accept the petition thanks to the statements of the doctor and the social worker. Nevertheless, there was no evidence -based hearing, or or a lawyer to protect the interests of Natalia. The latter, currently in legal age, was outside the protection of social services, so his business was closed. The same thing, any accusation of negligence against Barnett.
Natalia Grace in the middle of a legal vacuum
After the sentence, Natalya was accepted for nine months in a psychiatric hospital, and then spent the period of adaptation to her adulthood. Then Barnett rents an apartment for her in Lafayette (Indiana), which, according to legal sources, had no lightness, which took into account the physical problems of the girl. As soon as it was installed on the spot, the family moved to Canada, leaving it behind. It was 2013. In 2014, Barnett divorced.
The next five years have been a difficult legal battle under Natalia in an attempt to change age -related changes. Especially when in 2013, a man, a girl’s neighbor, tried to adopt her. But the situation became chaotic when Michael Barnett escaped her, claiming that it was an adult. This is a clear attempt to protect any accusation from him.
The case became public in 2019, when Barnett was accused of the negligence of the child and an adult dependent. But, again, the inability to determine the age of Natalia prevented the prosecution. Despite this, the girl continued to fight for the second expert exam, That he could once and for all decide his real biological age.
Finally, he succeeded in 2023, when the laboratory confirmed that Natalya was two or three years older than his first birth certificate. Thus, during the adoption, although the document indicated that he was from 8 or 9 years old, he was actually 11 or 12. Again, his legal age was changed to adapt to a scientific result.
Where is Natalia Grace and the Barnett family now?
Currently, Natalya Grace lives north of New York with Nicole and Vince Depol, a couple with a dwarf, who already in 2009 tried to adopt her. In January 2025, People He examined his business and gave him the opportunity to explain it in his own words. Subsequently, the prime minister took place Good American familyField
Both Michael and Kristin Barnett were justified for any crime associated with negligence in relation to Natalia Grace. Michael returned to Indianapolis in 2020 and married again, although he divorced two years later. Christina is still in Canada, focused on raising the remaining children of marriage and Wearing a profile away from the media.
Source: Hiper Textual
