A Brevard County father has lost his nearly 4-year fight for custody of the young daughter he’s never seen.
Douglas Beam, the attorney for Merritt Island's Vinton Moton, said a judge decided to terminate his client’s parental rights.
Moton has also lost his lawsuit against Home at Last, a Cocoa Beach adoption agency.
Moton was locked up in the Brevard County Jail on assault charges when the child was born in April 2010. Those charges were later dropped.
When Moton was released, he said he had no idea his wife had gone through an adoption agency. The girl was now with new parents out of state, who were working to adopt her.
Moton claims the adoption was done without his consent.
The attorney for Home at Last, an adoption agency in Cocoa Beach, maintained they sent Moton papers two times while he was behind bars, informing him of his wife’s decision to place the child up for adoption.
But the attorney said Moton never got in touch with them.
They plan to appeal the judge’s decision, Beam said.
The lawsuit against Home at Last is still pending.