Sep 30, 2005 · Six years after winning a long and bitter battle for custody of their biological daughter, the parents of the girl once known as Baby Jessica are divorcing. Dan and Cara Schmidt, who were...

The "Baby Jessica" case was a highly publicized custody battle in Ann Arbor, Michigan in the early 1990s between Jan and Roberta DeBoer, the couple who attempted to adopt the child, and her biological parents, Daniel Schmidt and Cara Clausen.

Oct 7, 1999 · Dan Schmidt and Cara Clausen were married in 1992 during their bitter court fight for the infant to whom Cara had given birth in February 1991 while unmarried. She named her daughter Anna, and...

Aug 3, 1993 · Cara Schmidt gave up custody of the girl shortly after giving birth Feb. 8, 1991, in Cedar Rapids. She was single at the time. The DeBoers planned to adopt Jessica. But Cara Schmidt, who...

Oct 24, 1999 · Jan and Roberta DeBoer ended their 17-year marriage Friday in Washtenaw County Circuit Court. The couple said in a statement that the strain of the custody battle with Jessica's birth parents, Dan...

Feb 4, 2001 · In 1993, she was at the center of a custody battle between Schmidt and his wife, Cara, and Jan and Roberta DeBoer of Michigan. The DeBoers adopted the little girl they called Jessica in 1991 after Cara Schmidt, then Cara Clausen, gave …

In June 1993, Cara Schmidt gave birth to a second child, Chloe. On July 2, 1993, Michigan's highest court ruled 6-1, that Michigan held no jurisdiction in the case over Baby Jessica and that she was to be handed over to the Schmidts within one month.

Jul 31, 1994 · Cara Schmidt, then unmarried, gave birth to the little girl in Cedar Rapids on Feb. 8, 1991, and gave her daughter up for adoption. But she named the wrong man as father. The DeBoers were granted custody, but on March 8 they learned Cara had …

Sep 13, 1993 · At a news conference Sunday, the syndicated program “American Journal” previewed segments of interviews with parents Dan and Cara Schmidt and the child who became known as Baby Jessica.

Mar 24, 2025 · BLAIRSTOWN, Iowa (AP) -- The Benton County couple who won the Battle for Baby Jessica in 1993 are divorcing. The marital breakup of Dan and Cara Schmidt ends a 7 1/2-year union begun in the...