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Little Butterball was placed with me a highly adoptable baby, He was born exposed to meth and was in the nicu for 10 days, mom left the hospital and has not been seen since, She did call to see her baby but never showed up to the visitation she also went to a meeting demanding reunification and was high as a kite, FastTrack adoption was granted and he has court in a couple of months and hopefully they will TPR, Judge did not order and plans for mom , no counsling, or rehab, mom has lost 3 previous children as well, dad is unknown.. my question is how highly will it be that we get to adopt him??? He is a gift from God at this point for us, he is the happiest baby ever, smiles from the moment he wakes up to the moment he goes to sleep, he is 4 months old and and is hitting all his milestones, he is strong, alert and just a happy little boy.
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This sounds alot like my daughter's case, except her birth mother never even bothered to call after leaving the hospital. There never seemed to be a doubt in anyone's mind (except mine) that she would be staying with me. I asked many times what would happen if birth mom suddenly reappeared wanting services and the answer was always the same - she wouldn't get any and TPR and adoption would still occur. Of course, in the end, it is all up to the judge, but I think it is looking pretty good for you. Congratulations!
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We also have a case almost like yours with a few twists. Our little guy was born with drugs in his system...had to go through some bad withdrawls...but he was first placed with relitives. They did some things (not real sure just what) that DCFS didn't like so he was removed and we got him at 8 months old. Mom has not had ANY contact with him since he was 3 months old. We have court coming up in Dec. We're also being told it should go "our" way. BUT....I don't stop holding my breath until I hear it from the judge.
Good Luck, I'm praying for you.
I'd say chances are good that you'll be keeping him. There are occasional stories about drug addicts making a turn around, but they are rare.
In my experience, parents who won't bother to show up for visits will not get their kids back. Visitation is the easiest part of the plan to do. If they can't even do that, what are the chances that they will go to counseling, get a job (and keep it), find a place to live, go to rehab, etc etc?
Good luck to you. I had an open and shut case like this, but still held my breath until his adoption finalization!!!
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