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We are currently on our 2nd infant placement. Both looked like they would be long term/ adopt situations.
The first infant was sent to a kinship placement after a month.
We currently have an almost 7 month old who has been here for 4 months. Mom has not really tried to get him back and the relatives who had him, gave him up (long story) saying they didn't want to do this again. His siblings are spread out among family members.
However, 2 weeks ago, they changed their minds and have filed for custody. The first hearing is next week and case worker thinks he will be sent back, despite the family members seeing him less than 5 times during this whole thing when there were 2 scheduled visits a week.
The relatives also have old CPS cases but caseworker thinks they are too old to matter (over ten years).
The courts definitely favor relatives, regardless of their backgrounds unless there is something glaring like present drug use.
So, we are just waiting till next week and figuring we will be saying goodbye.
After this, we are meeting with our recert worker and planning to switch to straight adoption.
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