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Originally Posted by straightblues
I think it is common.
Just because a bio mom has children in the system, they do not automatically take a new baby. In my case, we were asked to be prepared to take another baby. Well the baby was born two months before TPR and the county let the birth mother keep it. In fact, the baby was at the TPR hearing. I don't understand how they can keep one, while being TPR'd on three, but the law sees them differently.
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In our state I was told it depended on whether the TPR was voluntary or involuntary and if the behaviors that required TPR previously had continued. Our fd sibling is due to be born in August and I'm told that the baby will definitely be taken. I think it depends on the state that you live in and their policies in terms of taking babies into care from birth. My state is pretty committed to taking babies at birth if there is any sign of drug use or neglect. A neighboring state is very lenient and I know many babies that have gone home with parents that have tested positive for drugs in the hospital and/or had previous cases of serious neglect. Unfortunately, a lot of those children end up coming into care when they are older and have already suffered abuse. It is a shame because usually they are the 4th, 5th, or even 11th child and there was definitely a reasonable expectation that the parent was not going to change their behavior with this child.
Of course then it is up to the foster parents to pick up the pieces and try to get them healthy. Then in a few months we hear that the birth mother is pregnant again. Very frustrating.