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OMAHA, Neb. — A
northeast Nebraska man continues fighting for custody of his son nearly
five years after he alleges a welfare worker allowed his newborn son to
be taken for adoption by an Alabama couple without his permission.

Matthew Ashby of Meadow Grove hopes the Nebraska Supreme Court will reinstate his lawsuit after hearing arguments next week.

Ashby
accuses his ex-fiancee, Monica Kilmer, of conspiring with Douglas and
Tammy Black of Montgomery, Ala., and others to deprive him of his
parental rights, but a Lancaster County judge ruled in favor of the
defendants last year.

The Blacks and Kilmer maintain there was no
conspiracy, and the Blacks argue an earlier ruling giving Ashby custody
is invalid because they never had a chance to contest it.