Threaten to cut the baby in half, and see what happens, then award the baby accordingly. Worked for Solomon.
Failing that, go with the biological father, however he must be able to prove that he will be able to adequately care for the child as a single-parent, aka he will have to either leave the armed forces or arrange child care for the time he is away, perhaps with his parents.
Certainly though the mother requires a legal punishment, what she did was morally and ethically wrong, and if the Freis family adopted this child knowing that it was without the fathers consent, then they definitely should have her removed and be punished accordingly.
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