British judge orders twin girls back to U.S.

LONDON Judith Kilshaw stormed out of a British courtroom Mondaywhere a judge ordered that the twins she and her husband foundthrough an Internet adoption broker be returned to the United States.

"There's no justice in this place," Judith Kilshaw screamed as sheleft the hearing. "I'm not listening to this! It's all rubbish!"

Kilshaw was ushered back into court, only to re-emerge half anhour later, shouting.

"I am not listening to this. I told (the judge) the truth. I didnot do anything wrong. He has listened to them, the liars!"

After calming down, she returned again to hear Judge AndrewKirkwood order that the American twin girls she and her husband,Alan, are trying to adopt must be returned to the courts in Missouri.

The 9-month-old babies, called Kimberley and Belinda by theKilshaws, were born in St. Louis to Aaron and Tranda Wecker, whoseparated shortly after the birth.

The girls were first given to a California couple, Richard andVickie Allen, who paid $4,000 to A Caring Heart, an Internet adoptionservice. Two months after they received custody, Tranda Wecker askedfor one last visit. At the visit, she took the children back.

Wecker was within her legal rights. California law allows thebirth mother a 90-day grace period to reconsider an adoption.

But Wecker gave the girls away again, also through A Caring Heart,but this time to the Kilshaws for $12,000.

Two days after a newspaper reported the couple had bought thebabies over the Internet, police officers found the Kilshaws at aWales hotel, and the twins were taken into the care of socialworkers.

In February, the Allens confronted the Kilshaws on the "Oprah"television show, and served them with a writ claiming they were thegirls' legal parents.

The Allens abandoned their adoption claim after Richard Allen wasarrested on suspicion of molesting two baby-sitters aged 12 and 13.

On March 6, a judge in Little Rock, Ark., annulled the Kilshaws'adoption on the grounds Tranda Wecker hadn't established residency inthe state. The judge asked that the girls be returned to the UnitedStates.

The merry-go-round of courts and foster care will continue for thetwins when they return to St. Louis. Each of their biological parentshas filed a suit claiming custody, which means that for the timebeing the twins will be in state custody.

A judge in Missouri awarded Aaron Wecker custody last month butTranda has vowed to appeal.

Aaron Wecker, 29, a welder, has filed for divorce from his wife.He concedes that he signed a consent-to-adopt form after his twinswere born, but says he did so because he thought they would benefitfrom being raised by married parents.