Guest guest Posted February 23, 2004 Report Share Posted February 23, 2004 Mike, don't you just love having to go and teach a teacher their job? We went through this last year with our oldest. Out here if you are taking an older child, you have to have them in your home for a year before you can finalize, that way they say they don't get as many disruptions later. Bull. If the child is three or under it's not as long IF they are already legally free. We just got a call from baby Josh's caseworker that they are going to try to change his caseplan to severance and adoption on March the second. We were supposed to have first call on him but now he has a grandmother, on his father's side, who says that if her son can't get Josh back then she is prepared to take the baby now. After a year in our home. Anyway, the caseworker says no way no how, first of all she would only be taking him to hand him back to her son who she thinks did no wrong with his abuse. Second of all, where has she been all this time, she hasn't even asked to see him one time. His other grandma comes at least once a month. Third, Josh has a hard time trusting people, it took him almost a year just to put his arms around us when we pick him up or to put his head on our shoulders. Anyway, it is nice to know that the caseworker at least WANTS to do the right thing. Now we will see if the judge will let her. We have a meeting on Wed about our other two. It is supposed to be where everyone involved meets at the adoptions unit and makes sure that everyone is on the same page when they go to court this month and is also one last effort to get the mom's attorney to talk to her about doing the right thing for her kids. One good thing is that the aunt that came forward to take the baby only at court last month has not been heard from since. She can't be found and therefore can't be tested for dna to match her to Keyone. Now we just have to hope she stays this way. Anyway, if everything goes as it should, we may have answers to all three in March and then once the caseplan is severance and she gets her appeal, then we can file expidited adoptions since we have had them all over a year and we can get a court date around sixty days from there to finalize. I can't even let myself think that far ahead. It means a lot that you guys care about this stuff. Since losing contact with Carla Sue I don't really have anyone to talk to about it all. a C Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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