Two local families remain locked in a legal battle over custody of an infant boy.

Baby Max has been staying with Scott and Tandy Kraus in Grain Valley.

“We’ve had him for almost six months. He knows us as his mom and his dad,” Tandy Kraus told KMBC. “If he doesn’t stay with us, I won’t be able to understand that.”

Previously, Max lived with his relative Gary Stocklaufer, who claimed a judge denied his custody because he was overweight.

However, a judge said Stocklaufer violated Missouri’s adoption law by bringing the newborn into the state without first getting a court order.

Scott and Tandy Kraus were ordered to turn Max over on Monday, but the couple said they disagree with the order.

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