My Story

Kaia Avi Byington, my Daughter and I together.

The short story is below. Please look at the Legal tab to read the court documents:

Welcome to my story, a story about the love for my daughter, Kaia Avi Byington. I Robert Manzanares her biological father want to tell you my story is about how my daughter was taken from me without my consent and my strenuous fight to get her back. I have always said, “I will spare all costs, I will climb the highest mountain, swim across the largest sea and run to the end of the world to be with my daughter.”

It’s hard to imagine that a child can be illegally adopted in this country without the consent of her biological father. In essence, that has been my fight before the day she was born. She was illegally adopted after her birth, by the hand of her own mother who fled to Utah to deliver her prematurely. Fortunately, I was legally recognized as the father on her birth certificate but that is just the beginning of my fight. Over the course of my relationship with my daughter’s mother, I supported her financially and pleaded with her to let me be involved in every aspect of my daughter’s life and filed a Paternity Action in Colorado prior to her birth. Unfortunately, it was my daughter’s mother who decided to cut off all communication and make decisions on behalf of our child without my consent. Sadly, I have only met my daughter once. Under a court order, the adoptive family was required to bring her to court. It was there, I was granted one precious hour to hold her, hug her and let her know her daddy was fighting for her.

My heart aches with every passing day that we are apart. I cringe every time I think about how much of her life I have already missed. I wonder if she even knows how much her father loves her and continues to fight for her daily. I will never give up my pursuit for justice. My goal with this website is to make people aware of my struggle with our court system and hopefully educate other fathers in my same situation. I ask you to please read this story with an open heart and know that there is no room for hate. Love cannot sprout with roots of desecration that hatred brings forth. For every precious flower deserves a chance to grow with the light that love can provide. My daughter’s story will not be summed up by the struggle and pain this separation has caused, but rather with the victory in knowing that one day we will be reunited forever. It’s my hope that one day my little angel will know that a daddy’s love knows no boundaries.

Sincerely submitted,

Robert Manzanares (Rob) 

I the father Robert Manzanares can be contacted at:

303-564-1505

Email: robmanzanares@yahoo.com

Colorado Attorney, Mr. John Hedrick, Reid Elkus and, Don Sisson of Elkus and Sisson, P.C.

303-567-7981