Not a lot is happening at the moment, court-wise.
We got an e-mail from the girls' caseworker, sent to all three families who between us all are caring for the five children. We were told at placement that there are not any visits happening between the twins and the previous foster family, even though the family is fighting the removal and attempting to retain custody of all five children. The judge ordered last Friday, however, that the children need to have a couple of visits before Christmas, so Friday, November 22nd and Friday, December 6th will be visit days (supervised at the caseworker's office).
The caseworker is still using language that supports her words on placement day that she will be doing everything in her power to keep the kids out of that home and able to be adopted elsewhere. She asked us about our future plans that night, and if we would be willing to adopt the girls at the end of the case; of course we said yes. We would have wanted to make that clear at the beginning anyways, that we are a foster-adopt home, that we want to care for children however we can, but that our ultimate goal would be adoption.
It's always interesting to hear about the visits, and hear the caseworker's perspectives on how they went. Since the former family caring for the children are cousins and not parents, we have no clue yet regarding time frame and protocol. We hope those questions will be answered sometime sooner rather than later.
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