Saturday, June 21, 2008

Court Dates

Little Bit’s court date: After driving 45 minutes to the court house and waiting 3 hours it was decided that he will remain in care. The judge seemed sympathetic to Little Bit’s situation and said that relatively soon he would like to make a decision on a permanent placement for him.
The lawyer that was representing his mother stated that she was unaware that his mother had been moved to a new facility and that she was not having visits with him. She also wanted to point out that her mental evaluation was 6 months old and that she couldn’t see how anyone could make an educated decision without an up to date evaluation.
Little Bit’s case worker didn’t say a word about how his mother calls her everyday and how she had just talked to her doctors and that they still recommended that she not have visitations with Little Bit and that she remain in care at her current facility.
After it was deemed that we would meet again on November 25th for another court date the case worker told me that Little Bit’s mother’s lawyer would do anything to get her clients reunified with their kids.
That made me a little freaked out and pissed off at the same time. We will not be going back to court without our own lawyer and we also contacted CASA to work for Little Bit’s best interest. We are still wondering why he wasn’t assigned a worker when he was placed in care. We are also still waiting for Little Bit’s SS# for our taxes…..It seems as though someone is dropping the ball somewhere along the way…. I just need to get more aggressive and stay on top of things better I suppose.

Potato also had a court date: This one went much better. It was deemed that her case would reflect abandonment and there is another court date set for July 17th. The case worker is hoping that we will have her adopted by the end of the year!

My oldest son is in Chicago visiting with his bio dad. He has been gone for 1 of the three weeks and it is killing me. I hate when he is away, life is so boring without his little body running around the house.

Little bit almost has another tooth and is crawling like a mad man! He is getting so big and is so happy. Potato is getting big too. She is only 5 pounds less than Little Bit and is 4 month younger.

I have some of my runners over during the day to help me with the babies and organizing my house. One of the little girls made me buy Potato a headband with a bow. I couldn’t even figure out how to attach the bow to the headband, she thought that was very humorous. However, today I bought her another one with two bows to match some of her outfits. I can see how this could get addicting and expensive!

6 comments:

JUST A MOM said...

good luckon the court stuff I at some point on some of our kids chose NOT to go to court cause it just pissed me off so bad,,,,, what you do not know can not keep you awake at night hang in there...

Lisa said...

Trying to get caught up on my blog reading. Glad to hear court went well. I think the lawyer is a good idea. I hate the people who want reuinification no matter what. UUGGGHHHH! :)

Keeping The Faith said...

The court stuff sounds so stressful. I think I'd be a total basketcase. I hope it all gets resolved soon. Sounds like this is the case w/ Potato and hopefully will also be for Little Bit.

Girl's clothing is so cute. Every time I go shopping for my boys I tell my husband how much we're saving by not having twin girls instead.

Keep posting on how everything is going.

-Faith

Lisa said...

I freaked out when Smiley's case kept getting continued and continued. Most bio parents lawyers only pretend to care. It just takes FOREVER when mom has mental disabilities. Her attorney has no case!

mary grace said...

I feel your pain here. Oliver's case went to court June 25 (after a continuation earlier in the month) and 3 out of 4 parties (CASA, state and bio dad) all moved that he be freed for adoption. Guess who didn't? Bio Mom. Now, two weeks later ... she's losing her visitation AGAIN b/c of no shows. Why is she still fighting? ARGH!

GLouise said...

Thinking of you! And yes, please do get your own attny to be with you at all court hearings!! CASA also an excellent thing to do. Hugs, and prayers.