somehow, there doesn’t appear to be a legal system with a metal sphere gavel and the social worker from Mrs Doubtfire presiding just yet
The adoptive and biological parents couldn’t decide on which planet’s law should apply, and mutually agreed to Sisko as a mediator. Which seems questionable, but at least they addressed it, I suppose.
And yeah, there are no winners here, but all other things being equal, it probably should be policy to return children to their birth families.
eurodyne@piefed.world 2 days ago
And the birth father seemed like a genuinely loving person, not some monster.
ValueSubtracted@startrek.website 2 days ago
Yeah, the episode goes out of its way to establish that both families are very well-intentioned.
Kirk@startrek.website 2 days ago
Not to mention the adoptive parents didn’t seem quite as equipped to handle a child of another species. That said, Rugal was lucky to have so many people who loved him.