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My concern is that the parents' mental health counselor is superivsing visits. The parents' MH counselor is an advocate for the parents only. This person has no duty to the child and is not an officer of the court, either--that is, does not answer to the court or have any duty to the court beyond testimony. Additionally, this person has a personal/professional agenda to see the parents declared well enough to pursue a normal life with children in the home. This is fox guarding the chicken house. They may as well have the parents' attorney "monitor" the visits. I do not think any of that is OK for an assessment to be made in the child's best interest. While it is not our place as fps, I would try to get my sw to talk to the GAL or cw about having the cw or someone working for DSS who has equal professional weight to the MH counselor also monitor at least some of the visits.
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