years to find annie a stable home. but after annie had been flung back to the state nine times, veronica, young, naive and stubborn, made a surprising decision to adopt annie. did your superiors tell you, you know, we don t do that, veronica? oh, yes. reporter: don t cross that line. you have a professional yote relationship with this child. but don t bring her into your home. well, and that was very true. and because at the time, i also happened to be about six months pregnant. and so i m sure the thought wasn okay, crazy pregnant lady. she doesn t know what she s doing.e az but it was very much, are you sure? you can t save everybody. reporter: but veronica was as determined to try. she and her then-husband dennis adopted 10-year-old annie in january 2007. annie, who had bounced around from house to house, finally had a home, parents and brothers who adored her. she was the immediate cool
reporter: drama came with it, huh? oh, yes, oh, yes. reporter: veronica tried for years to find annie a stable home. but after annie had been flung back to the state nine times, veronica, young, naive and stubborn, made a surprising decision to adopt annie. did your superiors tell you, you know, we don t do that, veronica? oh, yes. reporter: don t cross that line. you have a professional relationship with this child. but don t bring her into your home. well, and that was very true. and because at the time, i also happened to be about six months pregnant. and so i m sure the thought was, okay, crazy pregnant lady. she doesn t know what she s doing. but it was very much, are you sure? you can t save everybody. reporter: but veronica was determined to try. she and her then-husband dennis adopted 10-year-old annie in january 2007. annie, who had bounced around from house to house, finally had a home, parents and brothers who adored her.
home. but after annie had been flung back to the state nine times, veronica, young, naive and stubborn, made a surprising decision to adopt annie. did your superiors tell you, you know, we don t do that, veronica? oh, yes. reporter: don t cross that line. you have a professional relationship with this child. but don t bring her into your home. well, and that was very true. and because at the time, i also happened to be about six months pregnant. and so i m sure the thought was, okay, crazy pregnant lady. she doesn t know what she s doing. but it was very much, are you sure? you can t save everybody. reporter: but veronica was determined to try. she and her then-husband dennis adopted 10-year-old annie in january 2007. annie, who had bounced around from house to house, finally had a home, parents and brothers who adored her. she was the immediate cool big sister. she liked being the oldest, being in charge and teaching
reporter: back in 2005, veronica was a case worker for utah s division of children and family services. her job was to find homes for kids who no longer had one. annie was one of those kids. annie has kind of a larger-than-life personality. whatever annie does, she never did small. if there was something she liked, she loved it and she was huge. if there was something she didn t like, it was big. and there was no question about it. reporter: drama came with it, huh? oh, yes, oh, yes. reporter: veronica tried for years to find annie a stable home. but after annie had been flung back to the state nine times, veronica, young, naive and stubborn, made a surprising decision to adopt annie. did your superiors tell you, you know, we don t do that, veronica? oh, yes. reporter: don t cross that line. you have a professional relationship with this child. but don t bring her into your home. well, and that was very true. and because at the time, i also happened to be about six mont
a stable home. after annie had been flung back to the state nine times, veronica, young, naive, and stubborn made a surprising decision. to adopt annie. did your superiors tell you, you know, we don t do that, veronica? oh, yes. reporter: don t cross that line. you have a professional relationship with this child. but don t bring her into your home. well, and that was very true. and because at the time, i also happened to be about six months pregnant. and so i m sure the thought was, okay, crazy pregnant lady. she doesn t know what she s doing. but it was very much, are you sure? you can t save everybody. reporter: but veronica was determined to try. she and her then-husband dennis adopted 10-year-old annie in january 2007. annie, who had bounced around from house to house, finally had a home, parents and brothers who adored her. she was the immediate cool big sister. she liked being the oldest, being in charge and teaching