Kinship preference

February 2, 2016

welcome to the rollercoaster that is kinship care

the bad news - anything can happen

the good news - there''s almost always bumps an short problems during the home study. if yours was resolved, it might not even make it into into the final report. DSS prefers to place kids with family over strangers. If you are being considered for kinship (btw - blood doesnt matter.. in my case, my DD is the half sister to my nephew.. the half being on her mothers side.. who is no relation to me), that is a good sign

hang in there... and feel free to ask as many questions as you'd like... when i was getting J, these forums kept me sane. there's no place that spells out the process. meeting people who ha been there made all the difference. unfortunately, the span is killing this forum. i dont come here as often as i used to. send me private message, if you dont hear back from me in a day or so

best of luck

-w

possible kinship

Sorry in advance that I don't know how to create/start my own chat thingy. (I'm very new at this.)

Just looking for some advice. I know someone who had their son taken away b/c of neglect. dSS called and asked if we could help. (Birth Mom knows us very well but we are not blood related.) There is just too much to this story to list but anyway, We passed the expedited home study and court is scheduled in a few days. My concern is that the home study was sent over to our county and we passed but not without a short problem that was resolved. Could this still look bad on us?

My question is after our county DSS sends the home study over that says we passed, can the DSS people in the other county try to block us from getting the child?

I'm sorry if I'm not clear on my situation or haven't given enough detail.. I'm just so worried that it might not happen and I've read a million forums but none are like my situation. I love this family and want to help anyway we can. We don't want to see the child sent to strangers. Any help would be greatly appreciated..