Her aunt. who lives in Mt. Clemens. Ml. cared enough to bring her to America. Maria Josefa Reed. together with her husband David Reed. adopted Maria Erica Bartski as their own child. They have been living as a family in Mt. Clemens. MI. since October. 1980. Shortly after entering the United States with a tourist visa. the Reeds began an agonizing trek through bureaucratic redtape in an attempt to adopt Maria as their own daughter. They needed a release from Maias biological parents in Argentina. This process dragged on for many years because of the Inefficient nature of Argentine courts.