<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by LColeBly:
First, thank you for responding. Yes I have read the entire law although it sometimes gets confusing. The child had been removed from the home for neglect and medical neglect. His bio-mother is now 17years old. She has since had another child which was also removed from her care and placed in foster care. My foster son's child advocate attorny thinks it would be in his best interest to remain with me as well as the foser-care agency contracted by D.H.S. My problem lies with his D.H.S. caseworker. I believe she has a serious conflict of intrest. She had been bio-mom's caseworker for years and is well aware of her unstable lifestyle. The caseworker in the recent past has had conversations with the contracted agency as to her doughts of bio's capabilities. However she remains steadfast that he should go to live with the woman bio currently lives with. (No blood relation) This woman threw out bio-mom and her new son 5months ago causing the placement of the second child. This woman also has deminstrated she is not responsible nor commited. However she has taken bio-mom back into her home. Only the last two months has bio-mom come fairly consistantly to visits. The baby's attorney has requested a bonding study be done he feels the will help. The D.H.S. caseworkers reply to this was to give Bio-mom unsupervised day visits and a few overnights.(Easter) Unsupervised visits were clearly not earned. ANY HELP would be great!
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My response:
Okay. If you and the baby's attorney agree that you meet all of the criteria under the Act, then don't wait for the court to act on it's own. You take that attorney by the throat, and tell him - - "get off your ass and file a Petition with the court right now, or I'm getting my own attorney to do it." You sound like a very loving person; someone a baby should have in order to have at least a "chance" in this world. When you petition the court, use the information you've told us here, and get a hearing date on this matter.
Good luck to you - and baby.
IAAL
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