The mother, who is my niece, agreed to terminate rights to us but now DHHR is giving us the run around since we have an approved homestudy from WV. It seems the attorney for the State is very friendly with the current foster parents and she realy wants them to adopt. We finally filed for Permanent Custody- the final hearing is Feb. Is there anything else we need to file for or need to be doing? We visit 1x a week. Is the Federal Family Adoption Act on our side considering we are family? The child is 18 months and has been in foster care since birth. DHHR has tried to block us so many times- they took 6 months to get the ICPC to WV, they neglect to send us relevant court papers, i.e. the last court hearing changed venues from the Magistrate to the Judge on record so we were late for the hearing beause we were on the wrong floor- it was almost dismissed because we weren't there. Thankfully we found out and rushed into the courtroom at the last minute! We have been working with this since Feb. 2009 yet the attorney and caseworkers act like the delays are our fault! It is so frustrating. We already have custody of another niece through OH (3 years now- she is 15).
We have spent so much money on the homestudy, traveling back and forth every week, hotels because they "forgot" there was a visit so we have had to stay over night and wait to visit again! I just don't understand how they can do this!
Any help is greatly appreciated!! TIA
We have spent so much money on the homestudy, traveling back and forth every week, hotels because they "forgot" there was a visit so we have had to stay over night and wait to visit again! I just don't understand how they can do this!
Any help is greatly appreciated!! TIA
