[broncopooh]

Hopefully someone can help here:

The ** is having a hard time following thru with treatment or starting her plan in order to get her children back. The judification hearing was to be rescheduled and hasnt yet. Her family is trying to get her commited to treatment for alcohol and drugs. The social worker and out patient treatment will recommend it but the police have to find her messed up first in order to do anything.
She has been evicted from her home, has no power or water and has lost her business to the people who worked for her. The end of the month will be 6 months of placement, and for 3 months of that she chose not to see them.
Would like to know if anyone has experienced this situation or something simular. Right now the plan is still reunification. The bd is in prison for the next 2 yrs i believe and has only requested a visit once. He has not seen them since the ** took them there. Not sure when that was.

[AsFmom]

Wow--does your state have an expedited placement law? If so, things should be moving along faster than they are.

What kind of help are you looking for here? I'd be happy to offer what I can, but don't know what you need.

[broncopooh]

As far as I know the soonest rights have been terminated is 6 months but that was to parents who didn't do any visits or show up for court. Most are done in 12 months.

The state (SD) has tried to take these children 3 times, once with like 30 complaints, and the judge just didn't do it until the oldest got in a fight at school. Now the children are split up, the oldest 2 with their dad and she signed over rights of them. I guess as of Saturday the 6th she wants to get things together. Has her house back and lights and water on. Not sure how long it will last and her family feels the same. ( She is my stepsister, that is how I know all this).

Dont think sighning over rights of the 2 oldest would look good especially when she was using them as babysitters, now there isn't one.

Just wanting to know if someone has been thru something like this, or could tell me if having the judification postponed and now late, is going to make things longer in system or if they do usually have the next review in 6 months reguardless of some things being behind. Is singning over rights to her other children going to affect the outcome of these 3.

No one in the family can say for sure if they feel they should go home or not. The children are 5 and twin 2 yr olds.

[HappyMomAnna]

I agree with Mum88--where are the people? Where is the CASA and why are you so in the dark?
One word of caution however---much to my surpise--a mother is allowed to be homeless as long as the children are fed and clothed! Our adopted daughter was homeless for four years and her bed was a shopping basket....apparently people tried to do anything they could to get her in a safe home...the children were not placed into Foster Care until baby was born positive for drugs....
It makes you wonder.....

[broncopooh]

To answer some of the questions:

As far as I know, they don't have a CASA yet, and the kids atty hasn't even called. Even though another sister went to him and asked for help getting her into treatment.
On the 23rd is the placement review, so with the way these guys have changed I want to be there.
Right now plan is reunification, but have only had 5 visits in 6 months with ** and bd is in jail, with letter contact. The judge they have is unpredictible, so who knows.
I guess she has the house still but has numerous people living with her. She has admitted she is addicted but knows the kids are being taken care of.
I would hate to see her rights terminated, and then letting him raise the kids. But if they stay married, the kids won't be able to live there, I think?
One of the twins was so independant( they are now 2), that he is finally coming up and asking for kisses and wanting to be held. Which is something he hasn't done before.
As far as any court hearings I have no idea, we are to be notified by mail or phone of any dates. The only ones I heard about have all been postponed. Yes, the sw does come once a month, and we have contact thru e-mail and phone.