My sister just had a baby. Right after delivery they did a drug test on her and she was positive for meth. CPS was notified and she was told that the baby would need to be placed out of the home. Due to the lengthy process that myself and my husband have to go through inorder to get the child placed with us, there was the need to (in the interim) place him in foster care. The form that my sister signed giving permission to place the beby in foster care it reads, I agree to.....voluntarily allow CA to place my child in foster care for a time period no longer than six weeks. It also clearly states that this is a voluntary arrangement and that upon request either verbal or written, CA would return the child to her as soon as possible after receiving said request, unless a court order has been issued forbidding the return of the child to the mother. She was never told about any court order being issued for any reason. She is in full compliance with the recommendations of CPS, doing random UA's, got an evaluation and is attending their counseling regiment. So my question is this: Could she, as the form stated, just request to have her son placed with her and CA or CPS would just give him back? Or is the form just a nice way of saying "let's all get along and you do what your suppose to do and when your done and we feel it's safe, we'll give your son back to you. If you cause any waves we'll have to play the old legal card and get a court order and it will be that much longer and harder for you to get your son back." Let me know if I'm way off base here. I really don't have any idea how the process works. It all happened so fast. She delivered, they tested, and then we're talking to CPS and their placing the child in foster care. No one ever talked about the legality of all this. I appreciate any insight anyone can give me on this issue. Thank you in advance for your time.