We have been waiting for the publishing of the termination trial notice in our local paper, and it finally happened. The social worker was not able to serve Little Guy and Baby Girl's birthparents, so it had to be published. The trial date has been set for February 1 at 1:30 pm - it's such a relief to now have a date to look forward to. I really doubt that the bp will show up, and even if they do, I doubt that the courts would find in their favor. Baby Girl is almost a year old now, and they haven't seen her since she was two days old.
Little Man's term trial is set for January 28 & 29 - so that last week of Jan/first week of Feb is going to be very busy and very stressful for us. Please, please - keep our family in your prayers! Rumor has it that Little Man's bmom is going to petition the court for a new judge to be assigned the term trial. The judge currently assigned has already heard one of her appeals and did not find in her favor, so now she wants him off the case. I have also heard rumor that she is going to petition the court for overnight in-home visits with Little Man! She has not ever been allowed unsupervised visits with him, so I don't see how they would allow this, but I am not surprised anymore by what the system does. I'm just praying hard that this does not get allowed.
I'll update more as I have time.
4 comments:
Oh I'm hoping only great and wonderful things come your way in the next few weeks.
Keeping my fingers crossed for you. THIS is why I cannot imagine doing what it is you do, and why I give foster parents SO MUCH credit.
FYI, I mailed out Friday Night Knitting Club this afternoon. Hope it arrives there soon, safe and sound. :)
Wow - so much all at once. Isn't it amazing how absolutely nothing can happen for months and then - BAM!? We will be praying for you all as you go through the weeks ahead.
The model here is keeping the same judge throughout the entire case for the exact reason Little Man's bm wants a NEW judge! Our state recognized the importance of history of the entire case and family - so it never changes - even if a new child is born it goes back to the same judge. I wish all states would follow that model.
At any rate, I pray you get good news from both trials. This has been such an incredibly long journey for all of you.
Wow lots of news. And I love the new background.
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