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Should we give notice to have child removed?
We have a 6 mo old fd who is part-Native American. She has been with us for 2 mos. and we were told from the beginning that the tribe was being notified about her being in foster care and that whe would probably be moved out of state to a foster home on a reservation.
Well, last week, the tribe was granted (in absentia) jurisdiction (they had sent a letter of legal intent).
There has since been a snag in their plan (they planned to take custody and give the child back to the birthfamily) because DHS cannot let this child return right now and would immediately take the child again. This new info stymied the tribal spokesperson who did not have another plan and the tribe basically said, "We'll let you know what we decide to do with this child."
So...........
the tribe in another state has jurisdiction, but the child remains in our DHS foster home!!! And DHS says they are waiting on the tribe to decide what they want to do.
In the meantime, are we in a safe spot--what with us being a DHS foster home having a child who is no longer in DHS jurisdiction? My husband wants to serve notice on the child because he feels the dept will not have our backs if the bio family continues to be difficult--they have levelled false allegations at us since this child was placed here. What should we do???
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Married since 1984
Bio Parents to 16 yo dd, 14 yo ds
Foster/Adopt Parents to 3 yo dd
Foster Parents to drug-exposed newborns
God is GOOD, ALL the time!
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