{"id":297579,"date":"2023-09-01T10:44:50","date_gmt":"2023-09-01T15:44:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=297579"},"modified":"2023-09-06T16:02:34","modified_gmt":"2023-09-06T21:02:34","slug":"woman-adopts-husbands-ex-wifes-son","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/woman-adopts-husbands-ex-wifes-son\/","title":{"rendered":"AMAZING: Woman raised in foster care adopts husband’s ex-wife’s son"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A woman who spent time in foster care as a teen has adopted<\/a> the baby of her husband’s ex-wife in order to ensure he has a family.<\/p>\n

Christie Werts (48) and her husband Wesley (45) met five years ago, and together they parent a blended family of five children. Christie has Megan, 21, and Vance, 15, from a previous relationship; Wesley has Austin, 14, and Dakota, 10, from his previous relationship.<\/p>\n

When Wesley’s ex-wife, the mother of Austin and Dakota, died due to addiction just days after her son Levi was born, the couple stepped up to adopt the baby boy. They hadn’t even known that she had been pregnant.<\/p>\n

“When I heard about Levi, without hesitation I said we should take him,” Christie told NeedToKnow.co.uk<\/a>. “I was myself a foster kid and, although for the most part I had a great experience, I did not want him going to foster care.”<\/p>\n

Christie went into the foster care system at age 15, and she wanted Levi to grow up with his half-siblings.<\/p>\n

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