We’ve been in contentious foster care related court hearings before when Gronckle was returned home. In that instance, the child’s attorney disagreed vehemently with the agency and judge, but the appearance was brief and everyone managed to avoid taking things personally. I left and cried, but the attorneys shook hands afterward and all was okContinue reading “Fireworks in Court”
Monthly Archives: October 2023
Twists and Turns
So. After working myself up to send Sunny home, we met with the kids’ attorney yesterday. I can’t go into any details but let’s just say things are not clear cut about a return at this time, and for some pretty good reasons we hadn’t been aware of or thought through. The attorney – aContinue reading “Twists and Turns”
Hard Emotions
I was chatting with an old friend last night, and he mentioned that foster care seems to be full of challenging emotions. Boy is that an understatement. About a month ago, the agency was telling us they wanted to have Mama surrender her rights to Sunny and have us adopt her. We were more thanContinue reading “Hard Emotions”
