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In my case there were no relatives that were willing or able to take him. I was told of the mediation date/time but was not invited at first. I got a call in the middle of it that the bparents wanted to speak to me first so I left work and went to talk to them. That's when they agreed to sign the papers. They just wanted assurance that I would be adopting him. I had a good relationship with them and vice versa. Usually mediation is something they try to do before going to Court in order to avoid having to build a case to present to a judge or jury.

Definitely call your worker and the child's worker and get clarification. But to my knowledge mediation is the last step before going to Court to get the termination of parental rights...