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We were required to transport, but not allowed to speak to the bios. Very awkward and uncomfortable. The idea was to bring the child/children to the visit location and drop them off with the visit supervisor before the bio parents arrived, and then pick them up after the bios left. It was never really explained WHY they wanted us to have no contact, but I THINK it was because the bios didn't want to have to deal with foster parents. You can imagine how it then felt at the TPR trial to be sitting literally on the same bench as these poeple, just a few feet away, outside of the court room for a couple of hours without ever having spoken to them. (LOL - and it didn't help that one of the lawyers mistook me for "dad's" new girlfriend, either!!). We had the 14 year old, but the foster parents of the 2 and 3 year olds did not come to visits - they were given a driver - and did not come to the TPR trial. I was required to do both - not sure why the difference.
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