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We have our 2 cousins since December now they want to take them away from us and put them with the foster parents of their 2 year old sister. We have told cps that we are willing to take the sister and during a July tdm they said it would be be tabled til December but now a new social worker came and said that they must go now. This is very hard on us and the our kids because the social worker said that they can't order visit with us so it now means we are going to have to til our cousins good bye for good if the mother can't get them back. I really would like to know why they will take a foster parent over us real family. The social work refuse to listen to us about what the girls told us about the sleep over they had to have, or the condition of the kids when they return. The girls told us about a boy which shares a room with grandma, but social work was dead set on remover can some one help
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You qualify for DEFACTO status. You as family overrides foster parents. I'm guessing they aren't fans of yours and are trying to bully you into following their decision. What does your CASA and the kids attorney say? You can also request a bonding assessment. Have the older children ever lived with the younger sister in foster care? Ask if they are moving them to the foster parents home, because they are concurrent placement(meaning a pre-adoptive home interested in adopting them as a sibling set)? Tell the CPS worker NO. You want this decision reviewed by a different supervisor, CASA, and the judge. Then you can go from there. Good luck :-)
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My cousins don't have a CASA and the attorney for kids said they could do what ever they want. I spoke with the superviser superviser and I found out I could do a Grievance. Just no one even told me that sw didn't even give me the intent of removal. We found out a lot at hearing, the sw only put in fosters info claiming that mother don't do mother stuff for kids. The thing sw said about us was we don't know Boundaries with mother, which I don't know what that means. We have 4 hr visit once a week like we were told and we don't let mother call after 6pm. The visits are always supervise.
The SW is overworked, or she's one of those who are biased against relatives. They assume we are no different than the person who is losing the child and treat us like WE are the criminals.
I'm glad you've reached someone who will listen. Definitely file that grievance
best of luck to you
Is the bio parent supposed to have telephonic communication with the children per court order? Are you speaking to the bio regarding the case or the children at ANY time other than the visits ordered in court? Sometimes family does not know boundaries and that is a huge problem for the safety of the children. In another post you defended the bios actions, said they aren't that bad, etc. This is the kind of thing that makes a SW believe you care more about the bios than protecting the children. Remember, this is about keeping the children safe. As for De Facto, you can file, but it won't change the judicial outcome. The other foster parents can also file De Facto of the kids they have in their care. De Facto does give you a voice in court, allows you to have an attorney, etc. but it doesn't elevate your standing above participant. I have De Facto and I know how I've been able to offer evidence but you need to have evidence that is concrete, not conjecture. Good luck!
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