[Userconny1]

I am a Foster Parent who has had my 2 y/o little girl for one year. She has two siblings ages 10 & 7. Social Services split them up over a year ago. Being in our home, with-out her siblings, she has done wonderful. She no longer has night terrors, she feels secure, and she hates to be away from us. A non-biological Uncle in Alaska is trying to get all three girls. As a result, my husband and I are in a legal battle with the state. It is all going to come down to the opinion of one world renoun child Psychologist. He has already observed the girls with the Alaska relatives. Of course, the report looks great for them because we have created such a socially healthy little girl. She interacted with them just as she would when anyone at the day-care, or an adult she felt safe with. The fact that her siblings were there, helped the whole situation for the Aunt & Uncle. Will we be penalized for making her so healthy? She is bonded with my husband and I, as well as with our children. When she went away to stay the night with another Aunt while we were out of town, her night terrors started again. She loves and feels safe with all of my family. We are all that she knows. Including my parents, my husbands parents, our siblings, our nephews & nieces, etc. They would be ripping her away an entire family. She is 2 years and 4 months old. I welcome any comments or advice. I am really curious exactly what the Psychologist will be looking at with her attachment to us, as that is going to be key. As a side note, Social Services has been horrible through this whole thiing. They won't allow the family who reported the parents to even see the children, but they will allow the other Grand-Parents to see them. Then when this made the Magistrate angry, they had her removed from the case and moved the case to a judge. When this case is over, and this all gets out the message that will end up being sent is, "Don't turn your family in, because you won't be permitted to see your Grandchildren ever again." I have caught the caseworker lying, and the whole dept. seems bi-polar in how they change their minds. This has truly been the most frustrating event I have ever been through in my life. I am a Registered Nurse, and have seen a lot of political B.S., but this really takes the cake.
Thank You!