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Any chance it's the judge pushing for the siblings to be placed together? Have you or the other families tried talking to the GAL? Are the kids TPR'd? Are the kids pushing to be placed together? Do they have a home willing to take all the sibs together? Are there therapists involved? If it's the judge and GAL pushing for the kids to be placed together, you're going to have a hard time keeping them. However, if it's the workers, you may have more leverage if you can get therapists and GAL's on your side. Normally, foster parents get first option of adopting the kids in their homes. Were these kids' goals adoption from the onset of being placed with you or were they still expected to return to their bhomes? All of these things factor in to how the decisions are made. Laws vary from state to state as well. Hope you get some answers that will be best for everyone involved.
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