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Ditto on some of the above posts. You never really know.
When my kiddos were placed with me, I thought I would have them for 30 days for the time it would take them to do a homestudy on the grandpa's girlfriend. She knew the kids AND works for CPS. It sounded like a shoe-in. However, the case workers had some concerns with the grandpa and managed to convince them to leave the kids with me while the parents worked on their case plan. They never even did the homestudy and I don't think grandpa's girlfriend really wanted them, she just said she would take them to make the parents happy. She never pushed the issue and actually seemed relieved when she didn't have to go through the homestudy process.
Let your CW know you would be willing to talk with the cousin through the process. As you learn during this process... things can change in an instant. It's too hard to worry about all the potential changes. Hopefully everyone involved will do what's best for your FD.
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