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my cousin has a child in foster care, she realizes she cannot care for him and wants to put him up for adoption, we dont know who the father is but there are some people currently being tested. she has decided she wants me to adopt the baby, but his caseworker is telling us that she cannot choose who he will go to. i have been in his life since she was pregnant, and have been attending the weekly visits with his mother. i have done some searching and i found last night an article stating that children and youth do not have to approve for a family member to adopt a child. does anyone have any advice or information on how to go about this? they have been trying to get her to sign off her parental rights since he was 4 weeks old when they took him from her, because the foster parents want to adopt. isn't it the states job to keep families together and not tear them apart? if there is a family member perfectly capable of caring for a child, and willing to adopt, don't they get first choice? i just need some advice, maybe someone knows a professional that i could call and talk to about this? the caseworker has not been working with me in this matter, she has been going behind my back, even though my cousin has signed the release forms stating that anything pertaining to the case could be relayed to me. i just don't know who to contact and what the pa laws are on this sort of thing. i would really appreciate any help advice or information. thank you
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Hi. I am in the same situation, in a sense. My niece had a little boy and I was there for the birth, she doesn't want him, so my husband and I are going to adopt him. The courts want to keep the babies in the family. The parents do have the right to chose who they want to adopt there baby, although being in foster care it could be different. your cousin has 18 months to get her child back, proving to the courts she can care for him. (before they relinquish her parental rights) You need to talk with an attorney. You should be able to start the process and have your case presented to the courts. All the attorney will need is the consent of both parents. From doing extention research on this, The courts want the baby to stay within the family. FYI, I use Marcus McNight out of Carlisle Pa. His fees are reasonable. 1500. Thats for everything.:coffee: Good Luck
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Growing up with adoption in my life it use to poosible to be able to gain gaurdianship over a child that there parents can not take care of them in which your goig to have to go to court to gain custody of the child which should not be to hard to do since the parent is willing to give up custody to you. Of coures to have the child with someone that there comfortable with and that is able to be close to the mother whenever if that is possible.