Posts by Smithie

I found out that I had been licensed when they called me up and offered me a placement. Just sayin'...

Do you have legal representation? I hope so. I believe in shared custody when it is remotely possible, but with your ex living at his parent's house and you having your own home, I think a good lawyer might be to get your home selected...

I didn't technically "use respite" for my first foster child - we had 5-week vacation planned waaaay in advance of the placement and I was not allowed to take him out of state for that long, so I asked the workers to arrange another...

It is! It is fantastic news! Thank you all for your kind words and dancing smilies!   In less joyful news, WHY THE HECK is the adoption tax credit expiring at the end of 2012? How could our legislators fail to agree on...

DFS' mother signed the consent and the judge accepted it. Our finalization hearing may happen before the end of the year!!!!! :joy:joy:joy:joy:joy

I guess that it is so dependent on the birthparents in the first place.    That's probably the most important factor. I'm probably more positive about open adoption from foster care than I was this time last year, when my...

She really wanted her daughter back but i think on some level felt i was enough a mother to her son to let him go. (she fought for both kids but lost, in the end.)   That's part of what's going on here as well. She doesn't...

  That's awesome, MountainMama!   Well, color me shocked. My DFS' mom received the guardian ad litem's report stating that he wanted to be adopted, and she told me today at visitation that she was prepared to support that...

How old is she?

Next week. The foster care review board has decided to follow this case, and it's a half a year behind schedule. Major stroke of luck for us (I think. I don't know a whole lot about the foster care review board).