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9 Q. Ms. Baker, I'm going to ask you that
10 question again. After you said the phrase, "This
11 visit was very discouraging to us," the very next
12 sentence you stated was -- and correct me if I'm
13 wrong -- "They wanted to see if they could come
14 and get Anna and keep her for the day next
15 Sunday. I told them, no." Did you say that?
16 A. I absolutely did.
17 Q. And Ms. He did not get upset until
18 after you told her, "No." Isn't that right?
19 A. She wouldn't have no reason to get
20 upset before, no.
21 Q. So how do you define a good visit or a
22 non-discouraging visit?
23 A. I guess when she's not upset. That's
24 the majority of the bad visits is when she was
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1 upset and screaming and crying.
2 Q. Isn't it also true that you define a
3 good visit as one of those visits where Ms. He
4 doesn't want the child for more than an hour or
5 she doesn't want to take to the child out of the
6 house?
7 A. No.
8 Q. It's your testimony today under oath
9 that the arrangement that you had on June 4th,
10 1999 with the Hes was a permanent arrangement?
11 You had every intention on June 4th, 1999 of
12 having permanent legal and parental custody of
13 this child?
14 A. Our agreement was that we would raise
15 her for the rest of her life.
16 Q. Do you recall discussing this case in a
17 CASA report? Do you recall a CASA investigator
18 interviewing you about this case back in Juvenile
19 Court?
20 A. I recall one being at our home.
21 Q. Do you recall that his name was Chris
22 Korejo?
23 A. It's a her.
24 Q. Do you recall that to be her name?
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1 A. Yes.
2 Q. And am I correct in saying that the
3 interview occurred just before the Juvenile Court
4 hearing with Judge Claudia Haltom?
5 A. I believe so.
6 Q. And did you tell that CASA worker just
7 before the Juvenile Court hearing with Judge
8 Claudia Haltom, that the Bakers -- that you would
9 seek permanent, legal and parental custody of the
10 minor child? Did you tell her that?
11 A. I don't recall telling her that, no.
12 Q. Would you like to take a look at the
13 report?
14 A. I've never seen the report. So I don't
15 know.
16 MR. SIEGEL: Your Honor, this is
17 also the same report that is attached to the
18 report of the guardian ad litem. So it would be
19 excepted from the hearsay rule.
20 BY MR. SIEGEL:
21 Q. Ms. Baker, do you see the very last
22 sentence on that CASA report dated June 28th of
23 the year 2000?
24 A. Yes, I see the sentence.
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1 Q. Would you read that for the record?
2 A. It said, "The Bakers stated they would
3 seek permanent, legal, parental custody of Anna
4 Mae."
5 Q. And would you agree that the use of the
6 word "would" implies some event that is going to
7 take place in the future?
8 A. I guess that's what "would" would mean.