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Hi! We are prospective adoptive parents and all ready had a full disclosure on a baby. At time of disclosure, we agreed to the permanent placement! We were told that the baby's case worker will be giving a 7 day notice to the foster only family. Well, that didn't happen! It happened the day AFTER we were supposed to have our child brought home! The foster family signed the 7 day notice to take the baby out of the home and that should have been that! Nope, the placement is now put on hold because the Regional supervisor is getting involved since now the foster family wants to keep the baby!!
What are our rights since we had a full disclosure and the notice was handed to the foster family?
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I'm surprised they sought another adoptive family at all if the foster family wants to adopt. As frustrating as the situation is, it sounds like the child's team is doing things the way they are supposed to. It would have been nice if the worker had given notice right away, but it's actually pretty normal in foster care and foster adoption to be waiting.
In a situation like this, you don't really have any rights. The goal is to have the child in the best home for him or her. They generally don't want to move kids any more than absolutely necessary, so unless there are other mitigating factors, the supervisor may make the decision to leave the child with the foster family. I know it's not what you want to hear, but foster adoption is about the children. Foster families and relatives have some rights, but PAPs who do not have placement don't.
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Sadly, that happens often. The foster only parents don't want to adopt, or want to disrupt, until they hear about someone else who wants the child and then they change their minds. I'm not saying this in a disparaging way about the foster parents, it's just human nature. We were recently asked about a 3 yr old who her grandma couldn't handle anymore and after we said yes, grandma changed her mind and decided to keep the child. As the pp stated, you have to rights. All you can do is keep waiting for the next match. If you decide to foster then you'll have a better chance of eventually adopting.