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I had a child placed in my home for the purpose of adoption and I was called a month later to ask if I would consider long term care instead. The one thing that really stuck with me was: she has an older brother who is now with his paternal grandmother and he basically took care of her until the removal at 4 years old for her. I thought he could become 18 and then request custody of her - he is a very nice and mature young man so I could picture him wanting to do this. If it is just long term care any family member can come forward and ask for custody. I decided I didn't want to deal with that and told them no - but I only had her for a month and was not so emotionally involved yet. They changed the goal to TPR and it is in trial now so we will see what happens.
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