James Island family turns over 2-year-old girl following court order
By Allyson Bird
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December 31, 2011

A James Island couple who raised a little girl from her birth more than two years ago were forced to deliver her to her biological father this evening because of a 1978 law that applies to Native American children.

Matt and Melanie Capobianco didn't know their daughter, Veronica, had any Native American lineage when they brought her home from Oklahoma in 2009. Until today she had never met the man who took her away tonight.

Matt works for Boeing, and Melanie is a developmental psychologist, but neither knew how to tell a 2-year-old girl what was going to happen. 'She's going to be terrified,' Melanie said at their home this morning, while Veronica played with cupcake-shaped stuffed toys. Their stockings still hang on their fire place: Matt and Melanie's in green and a larger, red stocking in the middle for their daughter.