[excited2adoptsoon]

anyone know if this is difficult? I know my old SW said we cannot have two adoptions happening at once, but she didn't seem to be all that knowledgeable.

Here's the issue. We have newborn baby hoping to adopt. TPR in June. Fast tracked.

I fear former fosterdaughter will go back into the system and we definitely would want her back here. She is from a neighboring county.

We are fost/adopt approved for 1 baby/child in our county. If former FD comes back in the system, is it likely we could fost/adopt both children?? Or is there a chance one child may jeopardize the other?

[carlychan]

I think your biggest problem would be having them both in your house at the same time because you are approved for only 1 child. If you could get a waiver for that I would imagine they would not be adoptable at the same exact time. If a foster parent has 2 kids it their home and is in the process of adopting one, the do not remove the other one. I hope that makes sense

[Mystik]

We are pretty much doing this. We just just finalized *B's* adoption in November & should be finalizing *A's* whenever this appeal is over with, but before we ever knew how drawn out *A's* case was going to be were were placed with both these girls, completely unrelated, & both with the intention of adopting should it be possible. The social workers were aware of our intentions and had no problems with it even if the adoptions were able to happen back to back. Unfortunately *A's* case has been dragged out for various reasons every single step of the way.

[mamallama]

I think as long as you have your license changed to have two children, you'd be fine. If your former FD comes into care it wouldn't automatically be an adoptive placement, right? She's be a foster child and her parents would be given an opportunity to work a plan.

Right now we have two foster children. Ella came to us an an adoptive placement (even though no TPR had been done) while we had Libby. At the time, Libby's goal was family adoption. Now both of our girls are adoptive placements. TPR for Ella should happen on the 26th and we hoping for TPR at the next hearing for Libby (fast track).

If we can do, it certainly is possible. Just get your license updated to reflect your desire to have two children.

[greenrobin]

I actually just had this conversation with the CASA in our case. We're expected to switch to the adoption unit in just a few weeks.

There are 4 sibs we had in the past. We told everyone who'd listen that we'd adopt them in a heartbeat if we ever got the chance. They returned to fc a few months ago. We were not contacted because "some judges will not approve an adoption if there are other fks in the home." That was the cw.

What the CASA said was, "It's good child-placing practices to wait a year after finalization to start placing kids again. The family needs time to just pull together as a family unit."

Maybe that's just TX. We're still going to try to get the kids back.

I'd call my agency/CPS A/FC folks and find out what the standards are for your area.

[mamallama]

We're in Texas too. Weird. I guess it just depends on the people involved.

[timleenettesue]

In Michigan it doesn't seem to matter. We just adopted two kids 1/09 that were not related to each other and then finalized on a third (sis to one from Jan.) 3/09.

[jllambert]

I am in TX and we are adopting 3 kids! A sibling set (our two FD) and then our FD that was placed as a legal risk placement at birth! We never heard a word about there being any kind of problem with us adopting more then 1 child at a time! We are licensed to foster and to adopt 3 children!

[greenrobin]

Frankly, I'm happy to hear that other TX families are getting kids after pre-adoptive placements and such!

We were told that if we'd had any other kids in our home when our 2 went to PA placement, they'd have to be removed. That's why we only have 2...we're licensed for 5.

I'll start ramping up my requests!

[LollipopsAndGumdrops]

It seems from what I gather that the issue is simultaneously putting two unrelated children/sib groups in your house at the same time or back to back with the sole and direct intention to adopt. If they've been in your house for a while or if they aren't solely and directly being placed for adoption, it doesn't seem to be a problem.

So you have one child who has been in your house for some time who was not straight adopt and then you hope to have one child more placed in your house if she comes into care, which means she won't be straight adopt either.

The people involved can use any excuse they want if they don't want to do it, but it doesn't seem like the real reason would be two adoptions going on at the same time. I'd be more concerned about getting licensed for the second if she comes into care and would leave the first's legal status completely out of the equation.

[hubbyswife]

We adopted our 2 middle kids (not related) on the same day. Then about 8 mths later we finalized my youngest's adoption (bio to my 2nd dd).

I guess it depends on the state and definitely on how many children you are approved for.