07/16/2022
Today is a day of celebration. The Supreme Court of Puerto Rico issued its opinion in my favor. I am and I always was the intended mother of my baby.
For anyone who doesn’t know my story, I married Luis A Negron Romero in 2009. After many years of unsuccessful attempts to conceive a child; in 2015 my younger sister Sasha Marie López Rodríguez Lopez offered my ex-husband and I what she called “Her Gift of love". My prayers had been answered.
My sister offered to be my surrogate mother. In 2012, I had an emergency total hysterectomy and almost lost my life; as such, my sister offered to be the egg doner. She then became pregnant through a procedure called in vitro fertilization (IVF). The embryo was created in the laboratory using my sisters’ donated eggs and my ex-husbands donated s***m.
After the birth of my son, I proceeded to register him as my own and the director at the time of the Demographic Registry of Puerto Rico Nancy Vega denied the registration. She denied the registration because I was not a male causing a violation my civil rights. This event forever marked a path in my life full of tragedies. Since Puerto Rico lacked procedures; it opened the door for a government official to abuse their power. Nancy Vega stated “that’s against my convictions”. I will never forget those words coming from the mouth of a government official! Shouldn’t Nancy Vega as a government employee be impartial in her official capacity? Based on the Vega’s personal belief, her action facilitated the abduction of my son by my ex-husband, mother-in-law, and my sister.
After six months being in Florida with my baby, I uncovered inappropriate marital conduct by my ex-husband which caused our relationship to change forever. After so many years of suffering I asked for a divorce. Weeks later my ex-husband and his mother plotted the abduction of my infant child. They waited for me to go to work, flew the child back to Puerto Rico and took him to my sister. This matter occurred two days before New Year 2017. A vindictive act that only the most despicable people could commit. My devious sister was more than willing to accept this deplorable action with open arms and be an integral part of trying to destroy my life forever.
This unleashed a chain of judicial events that caused devastation in my life. Devastation that I don’t wish for anyone to have to endure, even my own sister. I lost my infant child, house, all my savings and possessions paying for lawyers, my eldest son lost the father figure of seven years when he abandoned the home, I lost my relationship with my sister whom I loved dearly and helped raise as my own. I lost my relationship with my mother. During the entire process my mother never asked how I was holding up or said, I am so sorry for everything everyone is doing to you. In short, I lost everything in a matter of seconds.
God always had other plans for me. He molded and prepared me to be his warrior and have the will to never give up. I held on to my faith in His promise of never abandoning his children. I wasn’t going to give up even if that meant that I need to start from the ground up. Others in my position would have felt so hopeless that they may have taken their own life; but because of my faith it never crossed my mind. If I had to guess, that is the outcome my sister and ex-husband wished for me.
There are no words to describe the amount of evil actions. Litigation in multiple jurisdictions to destroy me financially, many lies; such as, “I had no love for the child”, “I was unstable”, “I did not allow my sister to see him after the birth”, “I needed to adopt him in order to have him”, “no signed contracts existed”, “that I coerced my sister”, to mention a few. If I coerced my sister what role did my ex-husband play in all this? After all, it was his s***m used in the process. Lies without evidence! In my personal opinion the meaning of narcissism at its maximum expression.
Along this devastating journey my physical health deteriorated, but my drive to NEVER give up for the sake of my children did not waiver. God put in my path who I affectionately call my angel, LCDA GLENDA LABADIE JACKSON. Her knowledge of the Puerto Rico law in this area is unprecedented. She is intelligent, creative, an amazing writer and the most important part, compassionate. Her willingness to listen to my story and dissect every judicial proceeding I had to fight through was incredible, coupled with her good judgment to counter every action taken by my sister and ex-husband. She has never left my side, not once!
I was also blessed with her team of lawyers who also assisted her with my case. Two incredibly kind hearted humans, dedicated to the cause of righteousness LCDO. ISMAEL GARCÍA ORTEGA AND LCDO. PAÚL A. RODRÍGUEZ VÉLEZ. They all have become my family. In my lifetime, I had never felt so much love and protection from anyone, ironically from a group of strangers who fought against all odds for the truth to be victorious.
An epic achievement LCDA GLENDA LABADIE JACKSON in your careers as lawyers and professors. I will be eternally grateful for believing in me. God chose you to fight this battle for me and my baby. He knew you wouldn’t allow for the lies to cloud your ability to demonstrate the false accusations presented against me (Isaiah 54:17).
The divine justice of God coupled with the team’s high caliber work allowed the judges of the Supreme Court to see the truth and examine the evidence in their judicial capacity. The Supreme Court stipulated that I am and always was the intended mother. The ruling was a unanimous decision among the nine judges. Congratulations to my team of lawyers! A limited group of exceptional people can say they have been victorious in the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico.
What will happen now? I don’t know, five years have passed since I was able to have my son in my arms. The only thing I know for sure is that God will continue to guide my steps and give me the intellectual capacity to make the right decisions. A true mother always thinks about her children first!
With the Supreme Court decision, the registration process will be simple, protected, and the people will have to take the same steps taken by me at the time. No one will never suffer my fate. The Supreme Court protected the Civil Rights of the People.
This victory from the Lord has restored my life, I don’t remember being so happy in my past life. He has allowed me to have genuine people in my life who love me and want the best for me. He has restored more than I lost! This experience has created a new motto for me "God gives the hardest battles to His strongest warriors." Through my trials and tribulations, I have become someone else’s survivor guide.
17 But in that coming day
no weapon turned against you will succeed.
You will silence every voice
raised up to accuse you.
These benefits are enjoyed by the servants of the Lord;
their vindication will come from me.
I, the Lord, have spoken!
Isaiah 54:17
The case will be made public on the Puerto Rico Supreme Court webpage by name or case number (cc-2020-0157) .pr
