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The Adoption & Abandonment of Natalia Grace Part 2

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The Barnetts moved Natalia Grace to a 'white trash town' because they believed nobody would worry about her there.

Hosts Jack and Kat analyze Part 2 of the Natalia Grace documentary, detailing how her adoptive parents, the Barnetts, legally re-aged her from a child to an adult, abandoned her in apartments, and the subsequent medical and legal battles. They dissect the evidence of neglect, the flawed court ruling, and Natalia's eventual stability with a new family.

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A measured look at how law, medicine, and family power collided around Natalia Grace.

The Adoption & Abandonment of Natalia Grace Part 2 follows Jack and Kat as they keep working through Natalia Grace's story through child welfare, guardianship, and medical records.

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Follow the legal and medical trail behind Natalia Grace's re-aging.

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