[jllambert]

No we have not done a Bonding study! I will start looking in to that today!

The Attorney Ad Litem has never seen our baby. He has only talked to me once and that was because I took upon myself to go and introduce myself to him after our first hearing. If he has not done "due diligence " how do we bring this up in court? Is this something CPS can bring up or will it only be addressed if we have an intervening attorney? So Ad Litem has not recommended placing with Grandmother (because he knew the judge would chew him up and spit him out) But he seems to try and make her look better every time we go to court. Sometimes it comes across like he is her attorney!
One other thing we might have on our side is we have a relationship with the two older siblings to our baby. They have been adopted together and we have become close to them and get the kids together so they will know each other. The adoptive parents have come to every court date to show their support for us having this baby. If the baby goes to the grandmother she will not grow up knowing her brother and sister, because the grandmother has nothing to do with them at all!
Also this judge has been the judge for the last 6 kids this mother has had removed. She knows this family well and it seems she does not think much of the Grandmother.
But you just never know what a judge is going to do!
Thanks for the prayers and the inforamtion!