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My wife's cousin has two kids, they are both abused and he has finally been reported to the authorities. The mother knew about it and allowed it to go on, and neither are fit parents. We are in another state though and only heard about things weeks after they happened.
Anyway, I don't know if this is even a possibility, but if the kids are taken from the parents, and no one else in the family is willing to take them, and as far as we are told no one is. Would we be able to adopt? I know it is only cousins, but it has to be better than strangers.
Does anyone know what we could do to followup and see what is happening with the kids? The entire family didn't want to say anything because they were afraid to mess up the father's life, which is a load of crap in my mind, what about the kids? Sorry, forgive my language.
We are hoping to at least get them out of the situation if we can't adopt them. Can anyone offer us any guidance.
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You'd probably get better luck posting this either on the general adoptive parents board or the foster care forum. As a cousin you would qualify as a kinship situation, I'd find a way to contact the caseworker and let them know right away that you are interested. If you can't get the info from family members you could call the intake # in that state and see if they will forward a message on to the current caseworker. However, since you're in another state unless the parents voluntarily relinquish the kids will probably end up in care within the state until the point that TPR occurs, if it does occur. They'll need to be close for visits & such.
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