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macrod,
Thank you for your reply. My sil does have a case worker, and before returning back to her half-way house she left me with the number to her case worker and court appointed attorney. I called the case worker who then told me that she could not discuss the case with me without written permission from the mother. She said that she would not even verify that such a child existed within the system without this written permission. I told her that my sil was the one that gave me her number and she still said that she couldn't do anything without written permission from the mother.
I do think that it would be in the best interest of the child to stay with her foster parents at this time, but can anything be done to keep them from adopting the child and making it impossible for my sil to attain custody in the future if she so chooses? She isn't a bad person, she made a mistake that she had to serve time for. What are her rights? Her understanding was that once she was out of prison and established a job and a home that she would be able to regain custody. Surely, she can't be expected to do this within two months of her release. She just received the letter regarding her "goodbye visit" two weeks ago.
Are there any actions she can take or that I can take to keep the custody from moving ahead?
The letter did say that the case was pending until October, which will be the babies first birthday.
What does DHS stand for?
Again, thank you for your reply. I am just so new to all this, I really appreciate any response. I don't mean any disrespect to all the hard work that I know that it takes to be a foster parent. I have three children of my own, I know the love and care that goes along with taking care of child. I just feel that this child is family and that I should try to do something.
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