[blubutterflies03]

Case in a nutshell: Baby B and his brother placed in care because Baby B was born with cocaine and heroine in his system. Baby B came to live with us at 1 week old out the hospital. Brother went to Paternal Grandma's. Brother went to 2 other foster homes after Paternal Grandma's (she couldn't handle him) and he is now in the rehab facility with the Mom because the last foster home said he had "behavior problems". We were willing at that time to take in the brother but the judge let the Mom have a "trial period" with the brother in the rehab since 2 of the foster homes and the Grandma did not work out. Mom has been in rehab for 4 mths now. She will be getting out of rehab in 6-8 weeks. She has not obtained her GED yet, found a job yet, she is working on getting section 8 housing and has remained drug free since in rehab. The children are from 2 different fathers. The brothers father is in a halfway house right now and the baby's father has not come officially forward yet.

The biggy is she gets out around the end of November from the facility and the judge already said she CANNOT leave the facility with the brother unless it is a dr. apt or a visit to OCS. Court is not until the first week of December. Do you think they will let her leave the facility w/ the brother, or put him in a foster home til the court hearing?? Also, do you think 2 weeks after she moves out of rehab they would let her have BOTH of her kids back??