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Actually, nobody's "wishes" matter at this point. Only actions. Since dad is doing things on his caseplan, if he continues and completes the case plan then the children will be returned to him.
The court will not consider the mother's wishes at all. She cannot place the children with some "middle class two-parent family" without the father's and the DFS's agreement. She cannot prevent the DFS from sending the children to their father if he completes the case plan.
Now, if neither parent completes the case plan (either voluntarially or accidentally), then different areas do things differently if one or both parents want a particular kind of adoptive family. Some DFS offices say OK, pick your family from our list or another agency approved list and that's fine. Some DFS offices say Tough, if you cared about the children you should've placed them before we became involved so we make the decisions now.
But as long as dad completes the case plan and mom doesn't, then mom has no say.
Keep us posted!
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