Illinois Supreme Court's ruling, filed a Petition for Habeas Corpus. The petition was granted. On April 30, 1995, Danny Warburton / Kirchner was transferred from the Warburtons to the care of his father as television and print reporters documented the event. The birth parents separated in 1996, but later reconciled. In 1997, Daniela Kirchner petitioned to regain the parental rights she had originally relinquished so that she would be Daniel's legal parent along with Otakar. This briefly raised the possibility of reopening the custody battle, but the Illinois Supreme Court ruled to dismiss the petition, effectively shutting the door to further legal battles. In March 1998, the Kirchners had a second child, a daughter. Media attention Los Angeles talk radio host Dennis Prager spent more than a month on his weekday radio show discussing this case and criticizing the Illinois Supreme Court Decision, and held a "Rally for Baby Richard" where actors Priscilla Presley, Tom Selleck, and John McCook also spoke. Nationally syndicated Chicago Tribune columnist and author Bob Greene wrote numerous times about the case, decrying the transfer of "Baby Richard" from his adoptive to his biological parents. Karen Moriarty, a therapist for the biological parents, told the Chicago Sun-Times in 2003 that Danny had adjusted well to life after the custody battle. She documented the case in the book Baby Richard: A Four-Year-Old Comes Home. Moriarty decried the media's treatment of the Kirchners, and said that Bob Greene never spoke to Kirchner or Janikova in spite of writing so frequently on the case. Following the transfer, Otakar filed a lawsuit against Greene and the Chicago Tribune claiming defamation. The case against Greene and the Chicago Tribune was dismissed by an Illinois court on February 6, 1998. See also Adoption in the United States Baby Jessica case References External links Web site for Moriarty's book (Archive) "In the Best Interests of the Child: What Have We Learned From Baby Jessica and Baby Richard", The John Marshall Law Review, Winter 2000 1995 in Illinois 1995 in United States case law Adoption law in the United States Illinois state case law Schaumburg, Illinois Trials regarding custody of children United States family case law