[jodyk]

When I got my fs at 7 months old, the cw expected him to be a permanent court ward & adoptable shortly thereafter. (His mother was very young & had previously had 2 other children adopted.) The plan then changed to reunification, and he was sent home to his biomother, her boyfriend & their then 3 month old baby. He came back into my care at 20 months old, & the 1/2 sister followed shortly thereafter. (She's in a different home, as I couldn't handle 2 toddlers.)

At first, the plan this time seemed to be reunification, but the last time I talked to my cw about it, she was planning to file PCW status some time this month. Needless to say, I'm no holding my breath. The other thing is, she said once PCW is filed, it will take about 2 years before everything's said & done, so my fs will be about 4 by then. (Which is okay by me, if it happens this way because I really need the day care to be paid for by the state & supplemented with the foster parent pay that I get.)

No matter what you're told, you have to be prepared for anything to happen, as the whole situation can change at any moment, and seemingly for any reason.