[spaypets]

Another point about infants in the foster system:'

I also do not know the particular politics in the Texas system, but I can say in my state children are removed only when their situation is desperately dangerous. Secondly, when they are removed, the first priority is to place them either with family or in their community. Also, every attempt is made to reunify them with their bio parents. So an infant who was removed may spend a year in foster care before being legally free for adoption. And, I would assume, that the foster parents would be given first refusal in adopting the child.