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TMZ - Im in PA and have done fostering, fost to adopt, and straight adoption. What county are you located in? All kids in PA have lawyers assigned to them, county case workers, sometimes private agency workers, and a GAL or CASA. Most of the time the lawyer and GAL/CASA do not interact with the foster family, but you can ask to write them each a letter, addressing your concerns and that you intend to adopt. You can also request a bonding assessment or request that the judge over seeing the case request a bonding assessment be done on your family. From my experience, the only time a foster family is preferred to biofamily as they do try to keep the kids with relatives, is if a bond has been established and getting a bonding assessment is a way for an outsider/professional to document for the worker/court, that the bond truly exists.
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