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My mother has been a foster parent for five years. We have been fostering two little girls from the time they were ages two years old and two months old. The girls are now four and seven and have known no other family. My mother decided to adopt them and instead they were taken away because she questioned the system. What can be done?

Submitted: 430 days and 15 hours ago.

Category: Family Law

Value: $15

Status: AWAITING CUSTOMER ACTION

Posted by amicuscuriae70 430 days and 10 hours ago.

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Read and Research - Learn about foster care adoption. Read about children in the foster care system. Know that the children within the foster care system may struggle with behaviors due to past abuse and neglect. Make an informed decision on foster care adoption and move on to the next step.
Contact Your State's Foster Care Agency - Call your state's department of social services and ask for information on adopting from the foster care system. You should receive an information packet in the mail with more information on the foster care adoption process within your state.
Attend Classes - The packet of information should also direct you toward training in your area that will prepare you to adopt a child from the foster care system. The training will also help you decide on the child that would best fit into your family. You will need to look at the child's age, sex, race, behavior, and needs. Due to past abuse and neglect some children need to be an only child, while other children would do great with siblings, but may not be able to handle pets.
Background Checks - Part of the classes will be to complete forms that allow for background checks.
Home Study - Your adoption social worker will begin work on the adoption home study which is a detailed written report of your family compiled and prepared by a social worker. This can take three to six months to finish.
Approved - After being approved as an adoptive family you will be given the opportunity to review the profiles of children within your decided upon criteria. It may take several months to find the right child for your family.
Decide if it's a Match - Once you have decided upon a child you will be allowed to learn more about that child so that you can further discover if the child looks like a good match for your family.
After you have read those steps: She will have to file a Petition to the Court in the district where she resides to Adopt " these chidren and obtain an adoption lawyer.

Edited by amicuscuriae70 on 9/18/2008 at 10:07 PM

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She cannot simply lose these children just because someone did not like what she said. If she was a good mother to them for five years and wants to keep the family together, I suggest she file immediately.

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She cannot simply lose these children just because someone did not like what she said. If she was a good mother to them for five years and wants to keep the family together, I suggest she file immediately.

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