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Originally Posted by ALI143
If your agency/attorney got the adoption paperwork ready and made signing easy/convient could aunt tell bps about you and maybe get them to consider signing over rather than going through the state?
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Wouldn't work. The child is already in state custody and DCS is not going to return custody to the bps just so they can sign over to you. That would be way too risky.
If this child is only a week old, you can bet the farm that the parents still have rights *unless* they have voluntarily surrendered AND the revocation period has passed. Because this baby is a newborn, there is likely going to be family coming out of the woodwork if they find out that the child is going to a non-family member.
Finally, remember that the goal of foster care is 99.9% of the time reunification with the bps or placement with some bio family member. I, like tlc, would like to be able to encourage you more, but I wouldn't get my hopes way up on this situation. I also agree that you've been given WAY too much info! Foster parenting is all about confidentiality. This aunt is endangering her license. In TN, you can get in some DEEP trouble for disclosing that much info.
Praying for all involved...