Lawyer visit????

In our situation, the social worker for our kiddos typically does the visit to update the courts every 6 months, but our case is going and has gone to TPR. It is possible that since your case is concurrent, the attorney does the visit and writes up the paperwork themselves for the case. I do remember something in our classes that depending on the situation, you could have visits from social workers and/or attorneys. We have not had that with any of our kiddos, only the social workers. It could also be since your placement is from another County - all in all, I think that is a positive thing. This way the attorney can see the bond you are forming and the care you provide to your little guy. There is a form you can fill out and give to the attorney if they find it is helpful to your case - JV 290 (search or google on the web). It is the Caregiver Form and updates the Court on the child while in your care. We have a sibling set of 3 but 2 different cases and did that for both cases. Has Bio Dad asked to see your little guy since December? It seems that parents sometimes start a process or find a plan to delay the process but then they don't follow through. Every case is different and sometimes the parent(s) has the intention of doing what is necessary but not the means or willpower to stop the actions/behaviors that took them to this place to begin with. In other cases, they do it just to delay the process and feel they "did everything to get their child back." The parents in our case have found any and every delay through the process but never do anything they state they will do, are found to be incorrect, do not show for hearings, court-ordered programs, etc and finally, all services were terminated and TPR was granted in the first case. The second case goes to TPR in April. Hang in there! It can be an emotional roller coaster but it sounds like you are taking excellent care of your little guy regardless of what the outcome could be! Hopefully all works out and he will be your forever child.

In our situation, the social worker for our kiddos typically does the visit to update the courts every 6 months, but our case is going and has gone to TPR. It is possible that since your case is concurrent, the attorney does the visit and writes up the paperwork themselves for the case. I do remember something in our classes that depending on the situation, you could have visits from social workers and/or attorneys. We have not had that with any of our kiddos, only the social workers. It could also be since your placement is from another County - all in all, I think that is a positive thing. This way the attorney can see the bond you are forming and the care you provide to your little guy. There is a form you can fill out and give to the attorney if they find it is helpful to your case - JV 290 (search or google on the web). It is the Caregiver Form and updates the Court on the child while in your care. We have a sibling set of 3 but 2 different cases and did that for both cases. Has Bio Dad asked to see your little guy since December? It seems that parents sometimes start a process or find a plan to delay the process but then they don't follow through. Every case is different and sometimes the parent(s) has the intention of doing what is necessary but not the means or willpower to stop the actions/behaviors that took them to this place to begin with. In other cases, they do it just to delay the process and feel they "did everything to get their child back." The parents in our case have found any and every delay through the process but never do anything they state they will do, are found to be incorrect, do not show for hearings, court-ordered programs, etc and finally, all services were terminated and TPR was granted in the first case. The second case goes to TPR in April. Hang in there! It can be an emotional roller coaster but it sounds like you are taking excellent care of your little guy regardless of what the outcome could be! Hopefully all works out and he will be your forever child.

How did the visit go?