Does Dawn Taylor lose son Lucas in Emmerdale and what is she hiding from Ryan Stocks?
She was heartbroken to learn the tot was being adopted by his foster family
THE recovering drug addict has discovered her young son is about to be adopted by his foster carers.
Naturally she’s heartbroken and willing to go to any lengths to get her baby back. But is it too late? Here’s the lowdown…
Does Dawn Taylor lose son Lucas in Emmerdale?
Nothing is clear at the moment. But fans of the ITV soap were horrified when Dawn’s social worker told her Lucas was in the process of being adopted.
The social worker told her: "Dawn there's something I need to tell you about Lucas. I need to talk to you about his long term future."
And as Dawn got excited about getting her son back home with her, the social worker appeared to mock her.
"I'm sure you would Dawn," she said, adding: "But it's not as straight-forward as that."
"He's living with his foster parents. We didn't know where you were. We sent letters, left messages...
"Dawn, I need you to listen carefully," she added as she refused to pass on a present from Dawn to her son.
"It's great that you're doing better now but we have to do what's best for Lucas. I'm very sorry Dawn, despite all our best efforts, we were unable to find you so we had to make a decision about what to do in his best interests.
"Like I said Dawn, it's not as simple as that. We're looking to get a placement order. We're looking to have Lucas adopted."
Dawn was horrified to be told her son was going to be adopted, even more so when the social worker refused to hear her pleas.
Viewers were outraged at how the social worker refused until the very end to tell Dawn she had the right to fight the adoption and get her son back.
Only when Dawn insisted she would fight did the social worker reveal she had a legal right to appeal in court.
What is Dawn hiding from Ryan Stocks?
Dawn hasn’t been entirely honest with her friend Ryan about Lucas. She has hatched a plan to get the address of Lucas’ foster parents from the social worker and planned to take him.
Dawn – who’s played by Olivia Bromley – threw a cup of coffee over the social worker and while she cleaned herself off in the loos, she took a snapshot of the address.
But will she go through with taking him?