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We asked the DSS atty on our case about hiring a PI and he said that he'd love to do it but his budget didn't allow. I said we (pre-adoptive foster parents) would pick up the tab, but he said that he couldn't let us do that b/c at the TPR trial he needs to present us to the judge as unbiased and if it came out that we hired a PI, then that could count against us.
BTW, we have the same issues regarding screens: for some reason the judge is accepting excuses for missed screens. (MONTHS of missed screens.)
There's also no CASA advocate (our local court doesn't allow them) and our FS's atty is beyond useless.
What we HAVE had success with, believe it or not, is reading the police logs for the town where the BPs live-- they are published in the local newspaper. You never know what you'll find!
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