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I am adopting my nephew thru CPS (California) we have to have mediation to come up with future visits, I want to be protected. He is 8, both parents live in same town as us. All advice will be greatly appreciated!
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We're adopting a relative from CA (we're in a different state), and we have been advised by our lawyer that we don't legally need to sign any visitation agreement, so we are not planning to do so. I'm open to visits, but I don't want to get locked into something legal.
My situation is a little different, though, in that we don't live near any family...
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I have to have open adoption because my nephew has a relationship with his parents even though parents have been TPRed. The judge is sending us to mediation
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I am curious how your situation is going and how your mediation went. My brother and his wife are about 100 miles away from us, but she has been in jail until next week, when she is released. He is still activily using, so I have not allowed him to visit with his bio daughter, who was my niece who is 7, but is now adopted by us as of last Nov. I am trying to do what is best for my new daughter, but just know I have a lifetime of figuring that out.
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Still waiting for the remitter 1/29/13 then meet with adoption social worker to see where we are at and if they are going to enforce the mediation. Will keep you posted
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I am adopting my nephew thru CPS (California) we have to have mediation to come up with future visits, I want to be protected. He is 8, both parents live in same town as us. All advice will be greatly appreciated!
Is this required? I would never sign anything but that's just me..I like to have control if I need it to stop visits if they become inappropriate or damaging.
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Current social worker says dont sign anything, but I don't see the adoption social worker until Feb., so basically I have no clue and am just stressed. STBAS enjoys visits and knows that visit is over immediately if bio is inapropriate or if he gets out of control. But like you said I want to be in control! As it is now and will be for a very long time there are no private conversations allowed, seriously supervised. Just a rough road that needs guidance!
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Update..... low and behold, no mediation, no open adoption agreement! Papers signed beginning of March, adoption finalization comes up in 1 week! So relieved that we did not have to do oa agreement, guessing because their was an appeal rather than a request for mediation. I did not ask why, don't rock my own boat!
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