Palm Beach Post

It was a love story from the beginning, and now the Rev. Joseph Hardy wants to make it legal. For the past four years, the Rev. Hardy, a Baptist minister from Tampa, and his wife have been raising their great-grandchildren, ages 2, 4 and 6. "They've got us, we've got them, and we want to keep it that way," the Rev. Hardy says of the couple's decision to initiate adoption proceedings.

The only thing standing in the way is a staggering $2,500 in legal fees.