On Monday, March 16th, the TPR process will officially begin. The agency will ask the judge for permission to change the case plan to adoption. The judge will accept this request, and will set a date for a TPR trial.
There will be a pre-trial, the TPR trial, and then the parents have 30 days to appeal. They will appeal.
All of this could take anywhere from three to six months.
All during this time, there will be a search going on for extended family who would be capable/willing to adopt Snow White and Brother. That search can take about six months since a lot of her family is out of state.
After the TPR trial, we are expecting Grandma to attempt to do a private adoption. This will get very sticky and take a while. However, this is beyond a long shot for her and I am confident that it will fail.
Last week we held a team meeting without the parents. Needless to say this was the most productive meeting that we have had to date. Both therapists were there and were able to give us an accounting of where both children are emotionally. Brother's therapist would like to see the children reunified. Honestly I see where she is coming from and I can see why she believes that this is the best thing for Brother. Snow White's therapist, on the other hand, feels that while reunification could work, reunification doesn't really need to happen, and if things went her way, Snow White would remain with us: brother or no brother.
We were asked by the GAL office if we would be willing to take in Brother as well. It was difficult to say no, but ultimately we don't believe that this is best for Snow White, and Brother would prevent us from fostering/adopting in the future.
We got the sense that while everyone would have wished we could have answered differently, they understand that Snow White is in a good home, and the focus should be on finding Brother a good home as well.
The end result is still that everything is uncertain. Snow White will probably be with us another year before anything is done. Hopefully the length of time will work in our favor, and even if they find random family members, the judge will recognize that she has a life with us, and we are the best place for her.
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