The Baby Richard case was a highly publicized custody

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 battle that took place over Danny Kirchner, a young child whose adoption

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 was revoked when his biological father, Otakar Kirchner, won custody in a case that was decided in 1995 by the Illinois

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 Supreme Court

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. The child became known as "Baby Richard" in widespread media coverage.
The child was brought home four days after his March 16, 1991 birth by Jay and Kim Warburton of Schaumburg, Illinois

Schaumburg, Illinois

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, who pursued a private adoption with the consent of the child's biological mother, Daniela Janikova, who had been living with the father, Otakar Kirchner, until a few weeks before the birth of the child when she moved out following an argument.