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A little info:
I am in citrus co FL and I am trying to adopt my nephew who lives in WV. He was taken from my sister back in Feb of this year due to drug issues and other problems. I am in contact with the social worker in WV and she received conformation that Florida has received the paper work to get the interstate something something placement done (I forgot what the name was). Nobody has contacted me down here yet for my home study and I have no clue as to who I should be getting a hold of down here to try to get things moving. The social worker is going to talk to her supervisor to see how she can get things to move along but said that FL doesn't have a good track record of moving fast as compared to other states that she has worked with.
My sister is willing to sign her rights over to me, she is going to lose them anyways, and the only other hurdle is my nephew's father. He had told the social worker that he thinks I am a good mother and that I will be good to his son but expresses concerns over his son moving so far away. He hasn't done a thing for my nephew in all 8 1/2 years of his life except threaten to hurt him and even worse. I have told the social worker all of this months ago.
What is done at the home study?
What are they looking for?
Is there and income limit?
Any contact numbers?
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I am in contact with the social worker in WV and she received conformation that Florida has received the paper work to get the interstate something something placement done (I forgot what the name was).
The social worker is going to talk to her supervisor to see how she can get things to move along but said that FL doesn't have a good track record of moving fast as compared to other states that she has worked with.
My sister is willing to sign her rights over to me, she is going to lose them anyways, and the only other hurdle is my nephew's father.
What is done at the home study?
What are they looking for?
Is there and income limit?
Any contact numbers?
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I am hoping it wont take that long. 11 months, just seems like forever away.
I have no problems with the foster family, the foster mom has given me her cell phone number and I get to call my nephew and she has me on speed dial so whenever he wants he can call me. She is trying her best up there to help things move along on the WV side of things.
As far as the father goes, he doesn't have any visitation right now. He has been refusing to go to any of the drug screenings and he failed the one ordered by the judge at the last court hearing last month. The next court date is in the first week of June and I hope they TPR him then. The next MDT meeting is this Wed, he didn't show up to the last one and don't know if he has any plans to show up to this one.
I just feel so lost in a big world, this is all new to me. I keep looking online for foster care in my county and came up with kids central. I just sent them an email and wrote down some telephone numbers so I can get on the horn tomorrow. I hope I come back with some good news.
Just keep on them and whomever you can get involved, get involved. In the beginning our holdup was the foster family fighting movement to us (they wanted to adopt our niece and were never told we were in the picture-they allowed phone visits too but when it came down to moving her here they faught us in court) and then the ICPC paperwork getting held up on someone desk. Now it's the ICPC paperwork again getting held up in Tallahassee. Idaho sent the adoption home study request back in Dec 2007 to Florida. Our local office here recvd the request, sent the home study back thru Tallahassee and then Tallahassee refused to send it on to Idaho because they claimed the home study request was never recvd by Tallahassee (someone LOST our paperwork between sending it to our local DCF office and the local office sending the home study back to Tallahassee!). It's frustrating and our attorney here claims that's normal! Geeze...I have read that it can take up to 2 yrs for an ICPC to be completed and that's crazy. We had to hire an attorney in Idaho to move the case along and prove we were serious to DCF and the former FP's and we also hired an attorney here in Florida to help the case move along here. My husband has been calling Tallahassee (ICPC Administration office) for updates on our ICPC (If you need any information at all/phone numbers on the ICPC then I have that-We have been on this case since August 2006 calling everyone we can think of, even the Governor of Idaho) because the home study still has not made it to the SW"s hands in Idaho yet so we can finalize the adoption. When hubby called on Friday they said that the adoption home study was approved and it was being sent on and they could not give ANY reason as to why it was sitting on someones desk for 3 months...ugh. Now we're working on the adoption subsidy side and hoping once that is resolved with Idaho we can move to finalization...after all is said and done it will be at least 2 yrs since we started this process...
Check with the State of Florida Foster Care information. If you go to the DCF website and look for thinking of fostering there is a phone number, call them and they will give you the information for your local foster care agency. Once you get that number give them a call and speak to a supervisor and let them know your situation.
I went to DCF today and told them the situation, they haven't received any of the paper work but gave me the number to KCI (the local network). I called them and they said that they do have the papers and gave me the number to the lady in charge of license. She wasn't at her desk so I left her a message and will call her back tomorrow if I haven't heard from her. Also DCF gave me the number for the lady that deals with the ICPC and I am to give her a call tomorrow because she was at training today.
I had called the SW up in WV and gave her the numbers and names that I was given so that she and her supervisor can harp on these people too. I get to sit in on the MDT meeting tomorrow through the phone so I can let all the lawyers up there know that I am doing everything I can to get him down here. If I don't have him down here before Aug. (not going to hold my breath) I get to pick him up for a few weeks. The SW is a little scared of how we could explain him coming down here for a few weeks then having to go back to WV until this is all said and done. So we are not going to bring him down here to florida we are going to take him to Pa with us to visit DH's family for two weeks so it will be more like taking him on vacation with us.
WV has everything all ready for him to come down here they are just waiting for Florida to send the okay. So I will be calling all these people everyday til I get him.
Thanks for all your help and support.
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WV has everything all ready for him to come down here they are just waiting for Florida to send the okay.
So I will be calling all these people everyday til I get him.