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I am the aunt of five little girls. They are to be adopted by a copule that does not want to allow me the visitation I had with the foster parent. I do not want to interfere with the way the children are raised, nor will I bring them around their birth mother/fathers. I just want some access to them. Do I have any legal ground. The girls know me very well and it seems unfair on both ends.
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The laws in my state(MO) would not allow you any rights. The adoptive family would have all the say in who sees the kids.
Hopefully, once the children have adjusted to their new family, the parents will allow you contact of some sort. Maybe in the meantime they might send you pictures or updates? Adjusting to five additions to a family can be difficult and their are some valid arguments for suspending contact with adults other then parents for a period of time normally related to attachment purposes. However, in my opinion, this contact should be resumed when the child is able to deal with it and all the adults understand the boundaries and the child's specific needs.
(I am not one of the board experts, but I do work with the attachment disorder network)
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