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Unfortunately, an attorney can't stand up in court and advocate for you in this process, even after six months. The good thing is that now the judge will actually CONSIDER your point of view. At this point, you are pretty much considered an employee of the state. An attorney can give you counsel and advice but cannot go to court on your behalf. We tried too. It's not a bad idea to talk to an attorney though. They can give you tips on how to work within the system more confidently.
In my experience, the state has to prove beyond any shadow of a doubt that the bio-parents aren't fit before they will even consider termination. That means that they tend to hang on to that "reunification" goal waaaaay too long. Once we finally got someone to decide that RU wasn't gonna work, the process moved pretty fast.But that process happened with the CW, GAL and AAL, not our lawyer.
Good luck to you. . .I've been there and you are in the middle of a nerve-wracking part of this process. I'll keep my fingers crossed for you and your FC.
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