Can someone point me to some links that deal with foster parents rights in Michigan.
I have a baby boy that we got when he was a day old, on Jan 23 he will have been in our home one year.
Well on Jan 7th the parents rights were terminated (parents gave baby up to the state) (There were some legal situations to work out first about the baby being indian) See my old thread here
http://forums.adoption.com/t121157.html
They have 30 days to appeal the decision.
If this law is true this child will have been in our home more than 1 year. The termination would need to be final before the agency could even place the child for adoption right?
I swear I came across a law in Michigan that states, if a foster child has been in your home 1 (one) year or more you are considered their physiological parents and if the parents rights are terminated you have the 1st right to adopt the child.
Well our caseworker now tells us that this is not a foster child and he has been in the adoption program. The adoptive parents that are at the top of the list have the first choice at the child.
Now this is a child that has been in our home since he was 1 day old and is now ready to walk and calls my wife and I "mamma" and "dadda"
I don't know what the agency is trying to pull, but I have been told that they get $$$ for "selling" the child in the adoption program.
My wife and I are about ready to seek legal advice on this, however I want to know if such a law exsit in Michigan before we proceed.
What rights do we have?