[number2mom]

Hi!
Just wondering if any one has any insight to what might happen.
I am foster mom to siblings for 1 year. Biomom has done little to get her children back. Just found out biodad was released from prison. I was told he did parenting classes, drug program etc in jail. Any one know what might happen next? My foster children are toddlers and don't remember there dad. Help please...B

[hope4kids]

If dad is interested, they will probably begin supervised visitation. The cw will determine a set of goals that he would need to meet if he is interested in parenting the children. He could have just taken the classes in jail because there was not much else competing for his time. A few months should give you a better idea of what his plans and abilities are.

[monroeman]

Birthdad's rights are still intact, so he can try to gain/regain custody of his children. As noted in the previous post, this would likely begin with weekly supervised visits. Bdad will have to complete a service plan which will probably include having stable employment and a stable, adequate residence. Of course, he's probably on probation and will have to toe the line there.

The key line in your post way "what MIGHT happen next?" You didn't indicate whether or not he had made any efforts toward interacting with the kids. Our son's bdad didn't come out of jail, but he did recognize that he was in no position to parent a child and content to voluntarily relinquish his rights knowing that ** was in a good situation.

Keep us up to date on what happens.

[number2mom]

Hi,
B Dad was charged for hitting a child but not his biological child. He sent 5 letters in the past year the last being in May. There was no other contact and he failed to contact the SW for the entire time. He never even inqired how is children were doing! I think Bmom and his mom is pressuring. My foster child has a emotional disorder and is in a fragile state. I'm worried what this is going to do. Visits were a problem already and we were hoping to have something done about it. It just gets worse! B

[Vince]

Courage, B. If the bio dad ever does get around to wanting to visit his chidren, he will have to meet a list of requirements. The list of requirements for getting them back is going to be even tougher. And he will have to submit to monitoring if he agrees.

Despite the stress on the children, they are eventually going to have to deal with this issue (sigh). At least they will have you to help them.

[sharkey]

My experience with bioparents recently released from jail has been that as long as the parent is working on the plan they go ahead and start supervised visits. Each case is different though so it's hard to say and even cw predictions of how things will go don't always track with how things turn out.