Tuesday, November 14, 2006
I haven't posted about this for awhile, but the situation has taken a new turn. A little while ago I posted about us trying to gain custody of my relative's little girl. Court was held on August 28th and the court granted continuance of reunification....meaning that they were giving my relative 6 more months to comply and hopefully get her child back. At the same court date, they did order that we be looked at as an alternate permanent placement incase things didnt work out. I have been in sporadic contact with the current social worker (4th one since July), trying to get him to complete all the necessary steps/paperwork so that our ducks would be in a row by the time they go back to court sometime early next year. Finally about a month ago, he contacted me asking for my address etc for paperwork, then 3 wks later, he called again getting some more info. It is very frustrating because this paperwork should have been done months ago, so that the process can begin. Well, over the weekend I received news that my relative was arrested. I havent been able to get too much info but from what I hear, things are not good. I tried several times to contact the worker yesterday to get info on the baby.....but only got voicemails. My relative's sister then recieved a call from the supervisor of the case....asking about placing the child with their mother....my relative then stated..... "ummm, she passed away 3 years ago...." We have no idea where this guy got this info about trying to place the child with her deceased grandmother....but c'mon people!!! I hate being 1500 miles away, and too pregnant to travel out there to talk to them in person!!! Hopefully I will be able to get some answers today.....at least where they are in the process of doing our homestudy, etc....
The last time I posted about this, my relative read it and felt that I was airing her dirty laundry, I apologize that she feels that way but I feel that this is an important development in my family's life and want to keep my family and friends updated. I only want what is best for the baby girl.....
UPDATE: I have spoken to the supervisor...it seems that our paperwork has not left the State of California at this time, he said hopefully it will this week. This process is a long one, so I do not know how long it will take for Jeff City to process it then send it to our county....also he informed me that the foster parents are wanting to adopt her. He also stated that my relatives adoptive parent called and stated she wanted custody of the child....this is where the confusion about the deceased biological grandmother came from. This is going to be a long wait.....court is in February.
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