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Okay been a couple weeks of silence since the last phone call with the DFAC's worker. She had really given us the impression that there was a "list" of relatives that might step up and take the child - she called back today and it turned out to only be a list of one and they said no (he is disabled and she works nights).
So now the DFAC's woman asks if we are still interested in taking the child and I say of course we are - she runs thru a list of things that we need to do before we are to appear in court on the 22nd where we might be taking the child home with us.
As the foggy details become clear it seems we would neither be adopting him nor be foster parents - but would be given "guardianship" of him for "1 or 2 years" at which time I assume they would re-evaluate the competency of the mother. She would still have custody and presumably may still be entitled to visitation.
Nothing ideal about the situation for anyone involved including us since the prospect of taking a child in for a couple years and loving him and having him become part of our family only then to be removed out of the blue by court order doesn't sit well with us but it is out of our control I guess?
Not sure what I am asking for in this thread? Advice? Reassurance that we are doing the right thing? Questions we should be asking?
Thanks!
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