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We adopted our son back in Febuary. His Bio Mom TPR'd in January and we weren't sure why she gave up so easily or quickly. Our son was her fourth child that was either volunatrily or involuntarily TPR'd. Well, I find out today that she was pregnant when she TPR'd with our son. She did not tell DCS right away because she knew that they would take this baby into custody as well until she finished her programs she did not finish with the other 4 kids now. DCS did find out right before the TPR with our son however. She moved to another county and had the baby there with a different Bio Dad than my son's. The Bio Dad of the new baby is in jail now, and his parents are allowing the Bio Mom to stay with them. Bio Mom has given the grandparents guardianship of the new baby, but Bio Mom lives with the Grandparents, and takes care of the baby. How can DCS take 4 of her kids now (the last 2 were from birth) and give her supervised visits only, but allow her to live with this one? Also DCS told my Husband and I that she wasn't pregnant when they made her take a pregnancy test before TPR of our son. Whay would they lie to us? Do we have any rights since we have the new babies half brother? DCS told us taht if she had another baby that we would be notified and we would be placed with the baby. Why didn't this happen? We have kept an open adoption arrangement with emails and pictures of our son to his Bio Mom and she NEVER told us she was expecting. Our son and the new baby are only 13 months apart! This is his little sister. How can you give one baby up to keep another? Don't get me wrong, we are so happy that she signed her rights over, and that we were able to adopt our son, but how can you make a choice like that? I feel betrayed by DCS in a way because they knew she was pregnant again and lied to us. Does guardianship with Grandparents over rule adoptive parents who have the babie's sibiling? Doesn't DCS/courts try and keep sibs together? Why do I feel like they (Bio Mom and DCS) have been sneaky about it all? Thanks for listening.