After Hope and Liam reunited, Hope decided she wanted to keep Douglas and somehow convinced a distraught Thomas into signing papers that allowed her to legally adopt him, while still keeping Thomas as his father. Granted, fans learned Thomas was not in his right mind when he was obsessed with Hope and even used Douglas as a pawn to win her, but he is still the boy's father and it was very odd to see a child who is not an orphan adopted by a woman who was never married to his father.
With Thomas sane again, he and Hope established a joint custody agreement for Douglas and the boy calls her "Mommy," despite the fact that he had a mother who loved him named Caroline. In fact, Douglas is often seen with Hope more than he is seen with his own father, which has some fans wondering how Douglas ended up like this.
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