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Here is our story.

January 2003, my wife and I welcomed into our home a 1 (one) day old baby boy as our foster child.

We were told that the baby was given up at the hospital and we would have him for 3 month because he would be placed in the agency's adoption program, which my wife and I are not at the "top of the list"

Reason: Mother had three months to reclaim the child legally.

We agreed to them terms and understood the consequences.

9 months later we still have this baby. No medical card, we are not getting paid the standard rate, etc, etc, etc.

Michigan state law says "If a foster child has been in your home for a year or more you are considered the child's physiological parent and if the parents right have been terminated you have the 1st right to adopt the child"

We are getting close to that 1 year statue.

The agency NEVER communicates with us and we always seem to get the run around. We figured, we are not calling them no more they can call us.

Well my wife went to a class today and talked with the baby's case work and ask short of "What the hell is going on with this baby's case" Well not quite like that, but she felt that way.

The case work said that the baby can't be adopted because he is indian and he goes to the tribe.

Can some please shed something on this for us please.

Trust me, we find that the agency is lying to us we will sue them. Funny thing is my mother was with my wife and heard what the caseworker told my wife.