Pre-Adoptive Placement - how does it work?

Also keep in mind, that unless TPR is done, that RU could still happen. We got our FD (3.5 now) at 14 mos old.....TPR was a 'sure thing'. We have gone through a TPR trial, attempts to RU, back to TPR, and now back to RU. This child has been with us most of her life, relates to us as her family, but in the end, that doesn't matter. We never imagined it would take this long. As far as matching process, you never know. In her case, we had the same CW for our other kids, she said she had 2 children on her caseload going toward TPR, would we be interested in either of them. We got to meet her, decided we were interested, continued visits until we got a waiver on our license, then moved her in. Had we not been interested, I'm sure she would have asked some of the other families she liked before taking it to the next levels of matching. For children who are already legally free in our state, without an adoptive placement already (those on the photolistings) are often very hard to place b/c of age, behaviors, etc. Just aa word of caution....until TPR is signed and appeal process exhausted, reunification CAN happen. And until the adoption petition is signed, any family member can step up and get the child placed in their home.